mtlumby2d Chapter 381 National crisis
Chapter 381 National crisis
"Yes." Yu Jiusi still smiled, "Let's go, be quiet, don't scare my rabbit."
Sure enough, people are just mean.
Xue Mai saw that Yu Jiusi's expression did not seem fake, and looked suspiciously in the direction of Changnan Mansion, "What rabbit?"
Yu Jiusi chuckled, "Then it has nothing to do with Captain Xue."
Hey--
Xue Mai felt itchy in his heart and was about to step forward to ask, but someone behind him pulled his sleeve.
"Boss, I think this guy is trying to trick us into doing hard labor for him. We won't be able to eat or sleep well, but all the credit will be taken away by this guy. This is what several governors have done."
Xue Mai raised his foot and then retracted it.
What happened to him today? He was fooled by this brat with just a few words. It was so strange.
He looked at Yu Jiusi's back, gritted his teeth and waved his hand, "Let the brothers rest for a while, return the same way, and report the truth when they return."
The soldiers were also happy to have some free time. After cheering, some drank water, some urinated.
Xue Mai watched Yu Jiusi stride away, watched him climb onto his horse, watched the follower behind him whispering something to him, and the doubts in his heart grew heavier.
This kid is so weird. He wasn't angry at all when he was treated like that by him. Instead, he let him go with a smile.
He was breaking down Yu Jiusi's every word and action in his mind.
Did he call them here just for the sake of formality, it would be the same whether they were here or not? Or did he keep this in mind and file a complaint when he returned, and let his superiors deal with them?
Xue Mai felt that the latter possibility was more likely.
After all, this kid has to escort the food into the city right now, which is more important than giving them a beating on the spot.
When Xue Mai thought of this, his eyes suddenly widened and he stood there in shock.
wrong! wrong!
He finally knew what was wrong!
This guy wanted to escort the food into the city, why didn't he just go into the city and wait for them, but rested in a hidden place outside the city, and had to wait for them to arrive before going in? !
He suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of Changnan Prefecture, but it was too far away and he could not see anything.
A bad suspicion rose in his heart, sending a chill down his spine.
No way......
He withdrew his gaze and looked at Yu Jiusi who was on his horse. Like himself, he was looking in the direction of Changnan Prefecture with a serious look.
Xue Mai was still weighing the possibility of something going wrong when he saw Yu Jiusi raising his whip and shouting, "Let's go!"
"Wait a minute--"
Xue Mai showed a trace of annoyance. This bastard's mouth is always faster than his brain.
Yu Jiusi did not look back, but just raised a faint smile at the corner of his mouth.
Xue Mai hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to jog forward.
At this time, the two people's positions were swapped, with Yu Jiusi on the horse and him on the ground looking up.
Yu Jiusi still smiled: "Captain Xue, do you have anything else to do? But you can't find the way back? Do you want me to send someone to lead you?"
This brat!
It was too late for Xue Mai to take back what he had said. He turned his head and glanced in the direction of Changnan Prefecture, and asked in a low voice:
"General, has something happened in Changnan Prefecture?"
Yu Jiusi leaned back and asked him with his head tilted:
"Why do you say that?"
He did not deny it directly, which further increased Xue Mai's speculation.
Xue Mai was afraid that their conversation would be heard by others, so he moved forward and put his head right against Yu Jiusi's kneecap.
He tilted his head and whispered, "Why don't you go directly into the city, but wait for your subordinates outside the city?"
Yu Jiusi smiled softly, "Perhaps... I am still a young boy, and I am afraid to go into the city alone. What do you think, Captain Xue?"
Xue Mai looked up in shock.
He cursed in his heart, how did this brat know?
He stood a step away from Yu Jiusi as if on guard, and asked him seriously, "Did something really happen?"
Yu Jiusi looked down at him for a long time and hummed in his throat.
"What are you going to do? Governor Lu... doesn't seem to want to help me. If something happens later, he will definitely push you out to take the blame."
Xue Mai's heart sank.
If something really happened in Changnan Prefecture, this might come true...
As if to confirm something, he finally asked, "General, do you... or anyone around you have a grudge against Governor Lu?"
Yu Jiusi sneered, "I have only heard of him before, how can there be any hatred? But now, I have become an enemy with him."
Xue Mai kindly reminded: "Governor Lu is an official appointed by the imperial court, from the Ministry of Works, and is a fourth-rank official."
"so what?"
Yu Jiusi looked at him, "If he has any opinions about me or the people around me, public is public, private is private, and don't bring personal emotions into the officialdom. Our words and decisions are related to the lives of thousands of people. How can we treat it as a joke?"
Xue Mai was shocked by what he said.
This kid... doesn't seem as bad as they thought?
Someone who could say this would not joke about the safety of the people. So something might have really happened in Changnan Prefecture. Even if it didn't involve human lives, it wouldn't be a trivial matter.
In just a short moment, Xue Mai thought a lot.
He has been in the army for seven or eight years and is now just a small lieutenant. The governors above him have been replaced one after another, and he and his brothers have not found any opportunities to make meritorious service - the work that can make meritorious service will never be assigned to them. It is true that they are soldiers, but they have been ignored and left out. If they don't get better, anyone can step on them.
To put it bluntly, being a soldier is just their protective color.
And this time... maybe it's an opportunity. Even if the person behind this kid is Governor Lu's rival, so what? He just wants to lead his brothers to make meritorious deeds, so that they can also become centurions, thousand households, even lieutenants, or even generals!
Xue Mai gritted his teeth and made up his mind, then gave Yu Jiusi a standard military salute.
"I was rude just now, please don't blame me, General. I will gather the troops and go to Changnan Prefecture with you."
After he finished speaking, he was about to leave, but he looked at Yu Jiusi and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"Ask." Yu Jiusi said.
"General, I didn't lie just now. There are really no people of ours around here. We only have the two thousand people I brought with me, and you..."
"A thousand people."
"Then we have 3,000 people in total this time, is that enough? If not, I will go to Luzhou Prefecture to see if I can borrow some people, but I need your permission."
Now he is a soldier and Yu Jiusi is a general. If the other party does not say anything, he cannot ask what happened in Changnan Prefecture. He can only ask indirectly.
Yu Jiusi looked at the horses galloping from a distance and said slowly, "I'm afraid it's too late."
Xue Mai followed his gaze and saw the man on the horse wearing the armor of Yu Jiusi's team. He shouted loudly before reining in his horse:
"General, there is a group of grain merchants preparing to leave the city!"
Grain merchant?
More than one team of grain merchants came to the famine-stricken areas, and the grain for disaster relief from other areas was "coincidentally" blocked by "natural disasters" on the way.
Xue Mai immediately understood why Yu Jiusi was reluctant to enter the city.
He wants to obtain solid evidence and catch the turtle in the jar.
Yu Jiusi's brows darkened, and he shouted, "Get ready and go! Xue Mai, take the others and follow closely! If anyone escapes, I will take you with me when I return to the capital to receive the punishment!"