Ouyang came down from the city with several generals and said to an older man: "General Tian Shen, please immediately send some chiefs to lead the troops out of the city and ask the people along the way to hide in the city or in the mountains. Let them take all the food away without leaving anything for the Qi people, and tell them to move quickly, they only have more than two days at most."

"Yes, general." General Tian Shen strode away.

"General Du Shen, go and check the bow, crossbow, crossbow, arrow clusters, and kerosene." General Ouyang ordered as he looked at the strong and powerful General Du Shen.

"Yes, general." Du Shen held his fists and retreated. Ouyang watched the remaining generals make arrangements one by one.

Zhou Jia and Wu Ting were busy until dark before returning home. When they returned home, they saw Yangyang sleeping next to Li Yu. They woke up just as they were about to pick up Yangyang and Li Yu. They opened their eyes and looked at the thin Zhou Jiali. Yu frowned and touched his face worriedly, "Xiao Xi, why are you so thin?"

Zhou Jia lay sideways next to Li Yu and hugged her tightly. He looked at her thick black hair and said softly: "I'm fine, Yu'er. I'm just too busy and worried about you. Look, you've also lost weight these days." Take good care of yourself at home.”

"Well! You also need to make up for it. Sir, hasn't the old man come back yet?" Li Yu hugged Zhou Jia and asked.

Zhou Jia said in a low voice, "No, when you went to Luoji Mountain, someone brought a letter back, saying that you and the Taoist priest went to visit friends in Qingfeng in Tongzhou. Maybe you don't know yet. News about people violating the border.”

Speaking of Tongzhou, Li Yu remembered that Li Qing had just passed the provincial examination, and looked up at Zhou Jiadao: "Well! There should be peace in Tongzhou. I wonder how A Qing did in the examination?"

Zhou Jia said confidently: "It shouldn't be a big problem if you win the exam, it just depends on whether you can get a good ranking."

Yangyang was woken up by the mumbling voices of his parents. He turned over and sat up. When he saw Zhou Jia, he smiled proudly, "Dad, you are back! I told my mother that you are not good and don't eat well." Yang Yang Yang said as he pulled Li Yu, squeezed in between the two of them and grabbed their hands.

The couple looked at the naughty little boy squeezed in the middle. Li Yu kissed him on the top of his head and said with a smile, "Okay, how about we punish daddy to eat two bowls of rice tonight?"

"Have Yang'er eaten?" Yangyang looked at his parents and nodded, then shook his head, "I want to eat some more with my father and mother."

"Okay, let's eat some more with mom and dad," Zhou Jia smiled and stood up and picked up Yangyang, "Mom is tired, let mom get up and eat."

"Well! Mom, get up and have dinner." Yangyang pulled Li Yu and the family of three walked to the dining room.

Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zhang happily arranged the dishes. Mrs. Zhang said to Li Yu: "Madam, there are pork ribs and lotus roots stewed. These lotus roots were dug from the pond on Zhuangzi and stored."

"Okay, I'll try my own lotus root. It must be delicious." Li Yu smiled and felt relieved to see the two people happy.

Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "Let's go away, Mrs. Zhang, and let Madam and Master have a good meal."

Yangyang scooped up some eggs and fried leeks and handed them to Li Yu, "Mom, the eggs are laid by the hens at home. There are hens and ducks raised in the yard over there, and the piglets have been killed and turned into meat."

Li Yu looked at the fried eggs and leeks falling on the table, smiled and shook his head, "Son, why are you still dropping food?"

Zhou Jia glanced at Li Yu with a smile, and then looked at Yang Yang lovingly, "Yang'er is already very good and has been eating by himself for a long time. Some people still need to be fed by others when they are six or seven years old. After you leave, he will Also make little wontons for me to eat."

After hearing this, Li Yu looked at Yangyang happily, "Yeah! My son is really capable and a filial and good boy."

"Mom, I will cook for you in the future," Yangyang looked at Zhou Jia with a smile, "Dad, I will cook for you too. You have to eat obediently."

The couple looked at each other and smiled after hearing their son's words, and said in unison: "Okay, daddy, (mother) is waiting for Yang'er to make wontons."

Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zhang listened to the laughter in the dining room and laughed happily. Mrs. Zhang looked at Mrs. Liu happily and said, "Aunt Liu, you see that as soon as Madam comes back, the master has a smile on his face and his appetite has improved."

Mrs. Liu also sighed: "Yes! The relationship between the master and his wife is so good. This is the life a husband and wife should live! I don't know how many lives it took to cultivate such a fate?"

Mrs. Zhang smiled and nodded, "Aunt Liu, you are right. Madam and Master must have cultivated their fate for several lives."

The family had dinner and walked a few times in the yard. After Li Yu washed Yangyang, Guyu took him to bed, and then Li Yu went to the bathroom to wash his hair.

Zhou Jia entered the bathroom with a bath towel, looked at Li Yu with thick black waist-length hair, walked over to hug Li Yu, and whispered in her ear, "Yu'er, I miss you so much, It makes my heart ache thinking about it.”

Li Yu leaned against him and held his hand, "I miss you too, but I'm worried about your safety after learning about Qi Ren's intentions!"

"The Qi people came with great force. The general sent an order to General Ouyang to retreat to Yunzhou to avoid their attacks. Most of the people in Linshan County fled with their families. Liu Zhixian was already martyred. The Qi people actually went crazy and massacred the city and plundered to intimidate Dayong's subjects. Even young children will not be spared." Zhou Jia said with a heavy heart.

After hearing this, Li Yu thought that there had been too many massacres in history? Like the Three Massacres in Jiading on the Tenth Day of Yangzhou in the previous life, the Qing army massacred, burned, killed, raped and looted everywhere, and the prosperous city was reduced to ruins. But I wonder if the bloody days of the officers and soldiers of Dayong are still there after they have been in peace for too long? Can the soldiers of Yunzhou resist the attack of the Qi people? Can you defend Yunzhou City? Li Yu fell into deep thought.

Seeing that Li Yu was silent, Zhou Jia secretly blamed herself for telling her this and making her worry. Zhou Jia took a deep breath and smiled and pulled Li Yu's body, "Xiao Yu'er, do you need Xiao Xizi to rub your back?"

Li Yu looked at Zhou Jia and knew that he wanted to make her happy. He calmed down and looked at Zhou Jia with a bright smile, "I agree, my wife." The couple looked at each other and smiled, with deep love in their hearts and eyes.

Early the next morning, Zhou Jia went to the government office. After Li Yu came back from practicing in the backyard, he went to the cellar and took out the gunpowder and earth bombs prepared in the space. He looked at the earth jars and gunpowder in front of him and hesitated, then Thinking of Zhou Jiaqi's massacre of the city, he made up his mind.

After coming out of the cellar, he called Ji Xiang. After pondering for a moment, he pointed to the small round-bellied wine jar on the table and said, "Go and buy dozens of these small wine jars and ask someone to make wooden stoppers out of wood. Drill a small hole in the middle that is twice as thick as the lamp wire, and ask the master to write a note to the blacksmith shop to buy some iron sand."

"It's Madam." Jixiang didn't ask Li Yu why he wanted these things, and without hesitation picked up the small wine can on the table and went out.

Li Yu took Guyu to the servants' room in the back garden, took a basket of charcoal ash that Mrs. Liu had stored there, and said to Guyu and Mrs. Zhang: "You sieve out these charcoal ash with a fine powder sieve, and get a clean basket." Installed."

"I understand, madam." The two of them went to get a fine sieve and began to sift through it.

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