Chen Kui's eyes widened. This guy even ordered food.
He really didn't know that the gods were willing to help them because of the general's face. He dared to make demands for a small box of jewelry.
Moreover, he was the first to go into the backyard to get the cloth, and he even took the candy!
The lady didn't dissuade him.
Too shameless!
Mo Fan and the general were born in the same year, both were twenty years old, and Mo Fan was half a year older than the general.
How could he be so childish!
If he didn't have a backer, he would have died a thousand times in Zhenguan, this cannibalistic place.
Zhan Chengyin accepted the jewelry box, neither refused nor agreed.
He only said, "You have to pay more!"
Mo Fan agreed and said to the assassin, "Go, get the money from the mansion."
The assassin left with the shoe box and socks.
The military advisor wanted to leave.
Zhan Chengyin stopped him, "Military advisor Zhuang, please stay."
Zhan Chengyin distributed books to the soldiers, such as Sun Tzu's Art of War, dictionaries, etc. Mo Fan did not read a single word and handed them all to the military advisor.
Military advisor Zhuang and Li Ling, the military advisor under Luo Ge, were from the same school.
In this era, there was no imperial examination system.
If scholars wanted to stand out, they would go to a large academy to study, and get a letter of recommendation from their teachers with excellent grades.
Or they could recommend themselves and work as staff members in a powerful family.
Zhuang Liang and Li Ling both came from the largest academy in Changhe County. Zhuang Liang had excellent grades and was recommended to Kyoto a few years ago and pushed to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother asked him to assist the young master of the Mo family to come to Zhenguan to seize Zhan Chengyin's military power.
The young master only cared about eating, drinking and having fun, and did not even go to the military camp. How could he seize power?
Mo Fan has become less dissolute and pleasure-seeking since the great famine.
He drilled with the soldiers below every day, and did not read books to study.
The soldiers had a regular meeting, sitting silently by the side, never making any comments.
Everyone treated him as a mascot, don't hold him back, let him do whatever he wants.
This time it was a bit too much!
Fortunately, the general didn't say anything when he knew to give money, so no one took it to heart.
But when did the gods give the candy in his hand?
Why didn't everyone know?
Could it be that it was hidden by his wife in Chen Kui's house?
That's not good enough.
Everyone looked at Chen Kui with a different look.
He scratched his head and said, "Okay, let's go back to the house and let the wife give each of us a few."
Zhan Chengyin asked Zhuang Liang, "What do you think the barbarians are attacking the city?"
Zhuang Liang was silent for a while before answering. "General, Liu Ling is my junior brother."
Zhan Chengyin nodded, "I already knew about this, it's okay to say it directly."
Zhuang Liang is talented, and only when he was recommended to the empress dowager would the empress dowager accept him.
The nephew of the empress dowager's mother's family was sent to Zhenguan by the little emperor. She was afraid that her nephew would suffer a loss, so she let Zhuang Liang follow.
Zhuang Liang said, "When my junior brother Liu Ling was in the academy, his grades were lower than mine. He was in the academy for five years, and he was the second for five years..."
Liu Ling never thought that he was worse than Zhuang Liang.
But when he knew that his senior brother was doing well in Kyoto, he insisted on coming out even if his master tried to stop him.
As a result, he came to the capital to be a staff member but was not valued, and he was frustrated.
Zhuang Liang was recommended to the Queen Mother and became a favorite of the Queen Mother.
Liu Ling could no longer bear it and waited for death in the staff mansion.
He violated the ancestral teachings and joined the barbarians to become Luoge's military advisor.
"Liu Ling is obsessed with divination. He asked the sorcerer to tell a fortune and he could know when they would attack the city."
Zhan Chengyin suddenly looked at him seriously. "Is the news accurate?"
"General, no one in the world knows him better than me."
"Come on, find a sorcerer."
There are several sorcerers in the city, some of whom make a living by fortune-telling on the street.
There are also those who are really capable, who are named divine fortune-tellers and have servants in their own mansions.
Zhan Chengyin never believed in fate, and the Zhan family army did not keep sorcerers.
A total of three sorcerers came, two old men and one young man.
There were two old men, one of whom was a fortune teller at a stall on the street.
One of them is known as the God of Calculation.
This young man, though dressed in rags, has bright eyes and does not look like a sorcerer.
Zhan Chengyin asked someone to bring three watermelons and a bag of rice and put them on the table.
"The three of you can tell me when is the best time to attack the city in the past few days."
"If you can tell me accurately, I will give you a bag of rice as a reward."
"Of course, I won't let you come in vain. Each of you can take a watermelon back home."
The three sorcerers were overjoyed. Watermelons are a rare commodity these days. They quench thirst, fill the stomach, and the rind can be eaten.
The old man at the stall counted with his fingers.
The old man in the mansion used tortoise shells to calculate.
The young man walked out of the command room, looked up at the sky, looked around, and muttered something.
Both old men said that tonight's midnight was suitable for attacking the city.
The young man said that the barbarians would attack the city at noon three days later.
Zhan Chengyin asked them to take the watermelons back.
After midnight tonight, those who calculated correctly can get 20 kilograms of rice. As soon as they left, everyone in the command room fell into silence.
There are still five hours until midnight tonight.
Zhan Chengyin said to Chen Wu: "Let people prepare to bury mines now."
"Yes, I will do it immediately."
"Everyone is fully armed, prepare catapults, archers are in place, and there are coal slag sent by Mingshen. How many can be made into coal balls?"
"There are more than 500 baskets..."
"Send 200 baskets to each tower. Once the siege vehicle approaches the city wall, fall down and burn the siege vehicle."
Song Duo said: "I will do it."
Everyone prepared for the battle intensively.
Zhan Chengyin took the jewelry box that Mo Fan gave to Ye Mumu~
If the barbarians attack the city tonight, it will be the most tragic battle in this year.
He didn't know what the ending would be, so he wrote a note: "The sorcerer predicted that the barbarians will attack the city at midnight tonight."
"Yin doesn't know what the ending will be. If I die, I'm sorry, Yin can never repay your kindness."
"I am willing to work like a cow or a horse in the next life to repay the gods for saving me."
"This box of jewelry is a gift from the royal family. Young General Mo Fan asks the gods to give him 100 pairs of shoes, 200 pairs of socks, 60 pairs of men's shoes, 30 pairs of women's shoes..."
"God, take care!"
He threw the jewelry box and the note into the vase.
*
Ye Mumu had just finished cleaning the warehouse, packed three watermelons and got in the car, preparing to go home.
She saw a piece of paper and a delicately carved box under the vase.
She opened the box first, which contained exquisite jewelry with fine workmanship and embellished with gems.
The jewelry was engraved with the words "Bestowed by the Royal Family of Daqi".
Ye Mumu knew that it was very valuable if it was printed with "Daqi" and "Bestowed by the Royal Family".
Last time, two wine bottles were worth 600 million, which was much higher than the price of bamboo slips.
It was a fortune~
It was just one hundred pairs of shoes and two hundred pairs of socks, and it was a priceless antique.
In addition to the jewelry and jewelry given by General Chen Kui and his wife at noon today.
Today, she made a fortune.
These jewelry are conservatively estimated to be worth billions at the lowest value!
She opened the big box and two small boxes sent by Chen Kui again.
The boxes were full of gold, silver, jewelry and jade, emitting a golden glow.
Two small boxes, filled with exquisite jewelry.
The style is very exquisite, the craftsmanship is exquisite.
But the more valuable is the box of jewelry just now, the gold is inlaid with various colored gems, which is more beautiful and luxurious.
She looked at these jewelry and couldn't let it go.
After appreciating them enough, she looked at the note on the ground.
She was shocked!
What, the barbarians will attack the city tonight?
Zhan Chengyin is not sure about this battle, and the letter he wrote is like a will to her.
How could this happen?
She will not let Zhan Chengyin die in battle.
What should she do?