Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 63 The Liu family launches an attack!

After confirming that Zhuo County had been breached, Qu Yi and Yan Rou's combined forces continued the attack, and only then did everyone in the Zhen family mansion start to have their meal.

Without the threat of the joint army of Qu Yi and Yan Rou for the time being, all the troops returned to their courtyards to rest.

At present, the defense of Zhen Mansion is the responsibility of the male servants and the strong men brought by Zhao Yun.

When Zhang Sui returned to the courtyard of his troops, they were gathered together to appreciate the animation "The Beautiful Story of Corpse Driving" drawn by Zhang Sui.

Zhang Sui ignored them.

He took off his shirt and found a place to practice alone.

Seeing that Zhang Sui was determined to exercise every day, deputy captain Zhao Xu came up to him and taught him the remaining fifteen of the sixteen Zhao family spear moves.

I only taught Zhang Sui the first move before because I was afraid that Zhang Sui would be too impatient for success.

Zhang Sui's performance during this period made deputy captain Zhao Xu believe that Zhang Sui was not an ordinary young man.

Zhang Sui practiced with deputy captain Zhao Xu for nearly an hour, and all the soldiers fell asleep.

Deputy Captain Zhao Xu told Zhang Sui to go to bed as well.

He returned to his room first.

There are still things to do tomorrow, he needs to rest early so that he will be energetic tomorrow.

Zhang Sui put on his wet clothes, picked up the wooden box that the second lady Zhen Mi and the fifth lady Zhen Rong had sent him last night, which contained clean dishes and chopsticks, and went to sit by the ancient well outside the archway.

I wonder if Hongyu and Fifth Miss Zhenrong will come today.

Wait a while to let the sweat dry.

If they don’t come, I’ll take a shower later.

After waiting for nearly a quarter of an hour, Fifth Miss Zhen Rong arrived.

Holding a large porcelain bowl.

This large porcelain bowl is larger than the one Zhang Sui used to eat from before, almost twice as large.

There was a big bowl of soup noodles and lots of vegetables in it.

Zhang Sui took the porcelain bowl from Fifth Miss Zhen Rong and said with a strange look, "Fifth Miss, I can't eat so much."

Fifth Miss Zhen Rong sat down next to him, propped up her chin with her right hand, and said with a smile: "Second sister said that men need to work hard and have a big appetite, so they should eat more."

"You're still so thin, you need to eat more so you can gain weight."

Zhang Sui then sat down and asked, "Does the Second Miss know that you sent it over?"

Fifth Miss Zhen Rong nodded her head like a chick pecking at rice and said, "Yes, yes, I originally served you a small bowl, but Second Sister asked me to serve you so much, and told me not to tell you."

Zhang Sui laughed twice and said, "You're still talking? Aren't you afraid that the Second Miss will punish you?"

Fifth Miss Zhen Rong reached out and pinched Zhang Sui's cheeks, which were bulging from eating, and said with a smile, "You and Second Sister are as close to me as you are to me."

"Second sister is my sister, and you are my future husband."

"I will tell the other party all the secrets you ask me to keep."

"We need to treat everyone equally!"

Zhang Sui wiped the sweat from his forehead.

This little girl.

You really can't talk nonsense to her.

Otherwise, she doesn't know what secrets are.

Fortunately, I didn't say anything outrageous to her.

Fifth Miss Zhen Rong waited until Zhang Sui finished a large bowl of soup noodles and burped a few times before asking him a few questions.

For example, why are bees usually seen where there are flowers?

For example, why do ants appear in groups?

For example, how ants give birth to children.

After asking ten questions in a row, she left contentedly, carrying the wooden box and the large porcelain bowl.

Hongyu didn’t come again tonight!
Although Zhang Sui felt a little unhappy, he could do nothing about it.

He thought that Hongyu gave him Cordyceps soup during the day, which meant that she would come tonight.

Zhang Sui could only take a shower and go back to sleep.

Before dawn the next day, Zhang Sui got up and found team leader Zhen Hao and deputy team leader Zhao Xu, and told them how to set up two grain distribution points and how to publicize them.

Although Zhang Sui had already said it yesterday.

It's terrible that they forget.

I can only remind you again and again.

After the teaching, Captain Zhen Hao and Deputy Captain Zhao Xu pulled out their troops and arranged them at the main gate and back door of the Zhen Mansion respectively.

There were already refugees waiting outside.

These refugees were reminded yesterday when they were queuing up at the south and east city gates to receive porridge.

However, there are obviously many more refugees today than yesterday.

Zhang Sui followed his troops to direct the refugees to line up while asking them for information.

He learned from these refugees that the extra refugees were all civilians who had fled from the other side of the river yesterday. The followers and servants of the noble families had already received the news and fled to avoid the war.

Only ordinary people like them did not receive any warnings from the government of Zhuo County. On the contrary, they comforted them and told them not to run around, saying that no danger would occur and that they would definitely be able to defend Zhuo County.

It was not until yesterday afternoon that Qu Yi and Yan Rou's army officially attacked the city. The defenders of Zhuo County were unable to hold on and retreated, and only then were some of the people of Zhuo County able to escape.

When people in nearby counties heard the noise, they were afraid of being affected and fled across the river.

Because they fled in such a hurry, many refugees and their relatives got lost and had no belongings with them, so they had no choice but to come to the Zhen family for help.

Many of them also went to guard the gates of other families in Wuji County.

Other families did not open their warehouses to provide relief food.

In particular, the other four major families in Wuji County even organized their troops to drive the refugees away.

When Zhang Sui heard what these refugees said, he felt a little excited.

Become!

At the end of the Han Dynasty, these aristocratic families did not treat the refugees as human beings at all.

How could they possibly open the granaries to provide relief food?
Even in the chaotic times of the late Han Dynasty, when famine was everywhere, these aristocratic families were still seizing land.

And this is what the Zhen family can take advantage of.

Although the Zhen family has declined today, its strength is far inferior to that of the other four major families.

However, opening warehouses to provide relief grain to these refugees consumes a certain amount of grain, but in exchange for their "disguised protection", it is very cost-effective.

The Zhen family opened their warehouses at the front and back doors to distribute grain for two days.

In the past two days, according to the intelligence from the Zhen family, Qu Yi and Yan Rou's armies have been victorious all the way.

Even the arrival of Gongsun Zan's army was unable to stop their advance.

In just two days, Qu Yi and Yan Rou's army reached the outskirts of Yongnu County and prepared to attack the city again.

People living nearby crossed the river to seek refuge.

Wuji County is full of refugees.

There were also some fierce people among these refugees who burned, killed and looted everywhere.

Some small families were even wiped out.

County Commandant Wang Hao led his soldiers to try to quell the rebellion.

It's impossible to manage it.

Too many people!

The Zhen family is also on high alert.

All the troops of the Zhen family cooperated with the male servants, Zhao Yun and other powerful men to surround the Zhen Mansion.

Maids and women in the mansion are not allowed to enter or leave to prevent unnecessary panic.

Zhang Sui also ordered his troops to beat drums and gongs to inform the refugees: The Zhen family is the only one among so many families in Wuji County that has opened its warehouses to provide relief grain, and they have done their best.

Many refugees were indeed grateful to the Zhen family, and when they saw someone making trouble, they came out and scolded them.

Zhang then asked the maid to ask for more than twenty sheets of Zuobo paper from the second young lady Zhen Mi, and continued to paint the second exquisite picture of the second young lady in the evening.

During the day, he has absolutely no time.

The situation in Wuji County worsened, so he dared not relax at all during the day.

He didn't care even though Hongyu didn't bring him food these few nights.

He was extremely tense every day and had no extra energy to think about those things.

Early in the morning of that day, Zhang Sui was outside the Zhen family mansion, patrolling with a few of his men, when he saw a male servant running over and whispering in his ear, "Madam asked you to go over there immediately. Let Zhao Yun watch over here."

Zhang Sui asked suspiciously, "What happened?"

The male servant whispered, "It's not very clear, it seems that the Madam is going out."

Zhang Sui didn't ask any more questions.

He found Zhao Yun and asked him to strengthen the defense while he rushed in through the side door of the gate.

When they rushed to the lady's study, the second son Zhen Yan and the second daughter Zhen Mi were reviewing the Zhen family's bills where the lady had originally been.

The lady stood aside, her pretty face gloomy.

Seeing Zhang Sui coming over, the lady suppressed her anger and said, "Yan'er, pay more attention and look after your sister!"

After saying that, she walked out quickly, a smile on her pretty face, and said to Zhang Sui: "Bocheng, I'd like to trouble you to accompany me to the county government office."

Zhang Sui asked, "What happened?"

How do I specify that I should go there by myself?

He was neither the strongest person in the Zhen family nor was his martial arts skills strong.

What can we do with the past?

As the lady walked towards her residence, she said, "The heads of the other four families want to see me."

"Don't even think about it. The Liu family is now certain that the coalition forces of Qu Yi and Yan Rou will not pose a threat, so they are attacking our Zhen family."

"In this mansion, only you are eloquent and a man."

(End of this chapter)