I was building in ancient times

Chapter 55 River Lantern

Duan Shubai led people to release flying river lanterns by the river.

The candle in the center of the lotus lantern was lit, and the petals were blown tremblingly in the cold night wind. Duan Shubai pushed lightly, and the river lantern floated into the distance with the river water. Xiao Yuhe followed his actions, and Duan Shubai With the support of her, she leaned down with difficulty, and the beautiful lotus lantern in her hand fell into the river, and the candlelight in the center of the lotus lantern was reflected in the water.

In the follow-up, one by one, the lotus lamps that lit the candles were put into the river water. The river water under the night originally emitted silver waves, and the warm yellow flames illuminated layers of round lotus petals. Hundreds of thousands of The lotus flowers bloom first in the river water.

The gloomy river is illuminated into the Milky Way in the sky, and with candles lit, it looks like stars in the sky.

The soldiers guarding the side released the Kongming lanterns that had been prepared, and the square long lanterns floated to the endless sky, flying into the distance in people's vision.

The eyes are full of moving lights, and this scene makes people stunned for a moment, "The river lantern in the water, so beautiful?"

"The lantern in the big brother's hand flew away—"

"Mom, I can count lotus flowers Light? One, two, three..." The

scene was lively and chaotic, Zhang Changle walked around in front of Duan Shubai, and whispered: "General, everyone has been arrested."

Duan Shubai nodded.

He had already noticed that there were some people with malicious intentions in Xinyang City. They planned to set fire to the city, so Duan Shubai simply followed the plan and asked his brothers to play with them for a few laps.

Although he was celebrating the Chinese New Year these days, the investigation arrangements under his command have never stopped, and the origins of that group of people have long been found out by him.

This group of young men who have more success than failure are simply stepping stones sent to their door to train soldiers.

Duan Shubai raised the corners of his lips and smiled.

Xiao Yuhe stretched out his hand and released a Kongming lantern. He pulled Duan Shubai's sleeve, with a happy smile on his face. The fox's eyes seemed to be full of spring water, and the white mink cloak on his shoulders protected him tightly. Yan Shishi, with white fur all over his body, looked like a plump and festive fat fox, he said happily: "Husband, what wish did you just make?"

Duan Shubai raised an index finger beside his mouth: "Shhh , It won't work if you say it."

Xiao Yuhe blinked his eyes, stroked his abdomen, covered his mouth with a smile: "Okay, then I won't ask."

"But I can tell you that wishes and You have something to do, be happy." Duan Shubai scratched Xiao Yuhe's nose with a smile.

Xiao Yuhe was not modest, and blurted out: "I guessed this a long time ago .

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, you are really my big baby."

"It has nothing to do with me, don't you still want to be with your Miss Dong and

Miss Yue—" "Stop it—this matter should have been turned around a long time ago, I will tell people I forgot my name, and you mentioned it again."

"Then—then I won't mention it again." Xiao Yuhe glanced at another place awkwardly.

Duan Shubai hugged him from behind, wrapped his arms around his waist, smiled lightly and pressed it against his ear, Xiao Yuhe listened to his low-pitched smile in his ear with red ears, and was hugged by his arms. Suddenly, the cold wind all around stopped, Xiao Yuhe's eyes were fascinated, looking at the shadowy lights in the water, he felt as if he was drunk.

"When I pray to God for you, I'm actually praying for myself—" Duan Shubai smiled, took out the jade pendant on his chest, took Xiao Yuhe's hand, put it in his palm, and said softly: " The lives and fortunes of the two of us have long been connected together, and no one can separate us."

Xiao Yuhe was scalded by the warm jade pendant, and the temperature of the palm melted in his body, and he rubbed the jade pendant, feeling stupid. After enjoying himself for a while, he felt that he was really hypocritical. On such a day, he really wanted to hear Duan Shubai talk to him about love.

"Agreed, we will never be separated." The

two stood by the river hand in hand, counting the river lights sweetly for a while, and after the bustle was over, Duan Shubai reckoned that everyone in the city should be cleaned up, so he Take people back.

The people who came out to release the river lanterns brought their children back home excitedly. The city was no different from when they went out. The burned haystacks had also been cleaned up, and there was no trace of their existence.

"Hey, why did my dustpan fall to the ground? Could it be that there are mice?"

"I remember when I went out, the stick stood on the door panel?"

...

Of course, under the calm, there were also some unavoidable episodes.

"You mean that when we went to light the river lanterns, one or two hundred bandits came to the city, trying to set fire to the city and rob food?" Xiao Yuhe went back, rubbed his belly, and heard that Duan Shubai's men had newly arrested him. More than two hundred thieves and bandits entered, and I was terrified in my heart.

"Then you still dare to take us away!" Xiao Yuhe couldn't help but annoyed.

Duan Shubai rubbed his cheeks, pulled Xiao Yuhe to sit down on the wooden bench, picked up the teapot, the water in the teapot was cold, and quickly asked Qiuran to bring Xiao Yuhe a bowl of bird's nest soup, and he poured it for himself. He drank a cup of cold tea, touched Xiao Yuhe's face, and raised the corners of his mouth: "Don't worry, it's just a trick to catch a turtle in the urn, just play with them."

"Don't be conceited, and be careful of capsizing in the gutter."

"Don't worry, I have made several preparations to ensure that nothing will go wrong, but this group of people is weaker than I imagined, and I have set several traps. , until now, there is no use for it." Duan Shubai raised his head and drank tea to quench his thirst, speaking in an extremely domineering and arrogant manner.

"This is the best result now." Xiao Yuhe glanced at him angrily, then asked curiously: "Didn't you break up all the bandits who became popular in the north of Xiya Mountain? Where did they come from?"

"It's the ones in the south."

"South of Xiya Mountain?"

Duan Shubai nodded and introduced: "South of Xiya Mountain, there are three gangs of bandits, each occupying one side. In the bandit suppression operation in the north of the mountain, I was afraid that I would follow in the footsteps, so I decided to strike first, and the three groups of forces twisted into a rope, planning to get me."

The forces in the south of Xiya Mountain, where bandits occupy the city, are no longer ordinary Small fights, they have several villages under their subordinates, and they dominate the countryside on weekdays. It can be said that they are the local overlords. The officials in Yangzhou have been useless for a long time.

Hearing this, Xiao Yuhe clenched his fists unconsciously, "Then are you going to take people to suppress the bandits?"

Qiu Ran brought in the bird's nest, Duan Shubai took the bowl, and scooped it up with a spoon. Tang Geng took a deep breath, "Don't worry, I won't go."

"No, they've all come to find fault with you?" Xiao Yu opened his mouth in a "ah", and Duan Shubai took the opportunity to feed a spoonful of bird's nest into it.

Xiao Yuhe swallowed what was in his mouth: "Are you going to be huddled in the city and be beaten passively? What kind of game are you playing in a urn? This is not like your husband's style."

Duan Shubai pampered his head, and kissed him on the cheek: "If these three groups don't form some bullshit alliance, I may still need to work hard to get rid of them one by one, and now—I guess They can kill themselves."

"Why?"

"You don't know, Fulang. After my investigation, one of the three groups of forces was originally the Shanling Jiuli clan in Yangzhou. Unkind, the Jiuli clan turned into thieves in order to protect themselves and set up mountains and strongholds. I heard that the King of Jiuli is simple, kind and cheerful...but they are xenophobic and are not willing to accept the general's solicitation."

"Second It is Qi Kanghu's lineage, and it is also the largest bandit force in the south of Xiya Mountain. Qi Kanghu calls himself General White Tiger, and their family is the most vicious and vicious. Qi Kanghu was originally a tyrant in Yuwei Village, and was instigated by pirates , Gathered some outlaws, and started burning, killing and looting, with pirates standing behind, their power grew bigger and bigger, they did all kinds of evil, the fish and meat people, the villagers in the cities and towns under his control were like frightened birds, as soon as they heard him I'm so scared that I can't speak."

"The third is Cai Yecheng from Langou Mountain. They are all from poor people. Their families are poor and they can't survive. That's why they became bandits. In business, this Cai Yecheng was really like a green forest hero at first, punishing the evil, robbing the rich and helping the poor, and doing a lot of good things for the villagers... But once this person is in that position, he can enjoy eating, drinking and having fun. , it was distorted, getting closer and closer to Qi Kanghu, who was evil-minded, and the two formed an alliance, and they hit it off right away, but his second boss, Ji Chengyu, was brave and jealous, and seemed to be unable to bear Cai Yecheng's style more and more."

"If you think about it, the three groups of forces are entangled together to form an alliance. Can they sustain it? It's not a way at all, it's not one plus one, and one plus one equals three, or it may be reduced to zero."

"I If we take the initiative to attack, this group of people will fight against the enemy unanimously and unite them. Even if they are forcibly wiped out, our army will suffer heavy losses. , their alliance itself will collapse in civil strife."

The enemy can send spies over, so of course he can also send spies to spy on him, and he can sow discord like a tongue... He has a lot of weight in his hands.

Xiao Yuhe blinked: "When the snipe and the clam fight, you will reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Duan Shubai also blinked: "Of course, I don't have time to go to war with these little thieves. Right now, the general has one more thing to do ." There are important things to do."

"What is it?" Xiao Yuhe propped his chin with his hands, his cheeks puffed up like a cute little squirrel, looking at him curiously.

Duan Shubai gave him a mouthful of bird's nest soup with a smile: "I want to make my Bai Pangpang fatter."

"Bai Pangpang????" The name must be used to describe him, it turns out that Duan Shubai actually called him that in private! ! ! ! ! ! "What do you call me?"

From Young Master Jiao to Young Master Jiaojiao to Bai Pangpang, whether there are other names like candied haws and soft buns, his husband is really too much.

"Cough cough." Duan Shubai coughed, and didn't realize it for a while, why did he say the word...

He hurriedly corrected: "You misunderstood, I'm talking about our future child, I'll give him He took a nickname."

"Nickname?" Xiao Yuhe glanced at him sideways, and raised his leg in dissatisfaction, "Do you think I will believe what you say?"