Qiao Zhiqing continued to go south with his own soldiers, and along the way he told the old man about the same, the fertile fields were overgrown with weeds, and after walking for more than ten miles, there was not a single family, and it was dark when he saw it."
Look, there's smoke in front."
Hu Wenhai suddenly shouted excitedly behind Qiao Zhiqing.Qiao Zhiqing looked in the direction that Hu Wenhai pointed, and sure enough, wisps of cooking smoke spread in the wind, and shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Little cubs, you don't have to sleep in the wilderness tonight, everyone stay disciplined after entering the village, don't scare the villagers." ”"Command."
The soldiers whipped their horses quickly, and followed Qiao Zhiqing into the village with a roar.As soon as the horse team arrived at the head of the village, the village was not as quiet as it had passed through Wujiazhuang before, and the gong sound of "Bang, Bang, Bang" sounded in an instant, just like the army assembled, and the crowd was full of voices for a while, and the shouts shook the sky.The pro-soldiers also immediately reflexively pulled out foreign guns to protect Qiao Zhiqing's four sides, only to see groups of women gathered from various households, all holding shovels and wooden sticks, looking nervously at the men and horses of the pro-soldier team."
Handsome, why are they all girls, not even a handle."
Hu Wenhai looked at the situation in front of him and laughed loudly, and all the relatives and soldiers laughed along, put away the foreign guns and relaxed."
Let your leaders come out and speak."
Qiao Zhiqing got off the horse and stepped forward and shouted at the women.The women chattered for a while, and a woman with a red scarf wrapped around her head, a blue and bright dress, and a red tasseled spear walked out."
What are you doing, you are not welcome here, leave immediately with your men."
The woman snorted angrily at Qiao Zhiqing, and the long sword was pointed at Qiao Zhiqing."
Presumptuous, don't bow down immediately when you see the prefect."
Hu Wenhai yelled at the women, his voice was loud and strong, which suddenly made the women shiver in shock, hesitated to put away their weapons, and looked at each other."
Don't kneel, it's a joke, the prefect will personally go down to our poor and remote village, you pretend to be an official here, what do you mean" The leading woman had no fear on her face, and her eyes were round at Hu Wenhai.The woman behind her obediently took up her weapon again, nervously on guard."
Okay, good, the female marshal of the Taiping Army really lives up to her reputation, I can't imagine that there is a real dragon hidden in this wilderness."
Hu Wenhai was just about to have a close attack, Qiao Zhiqing waved his hand to signal him to step back, and snorted softly at the woman in front of him."
You, what nonsense are you talking about."
The woman in the lead was obviously a little surprised, her body trembled slightly, and her face turned pale."
Nonsense, if the official guessed correctly, you are Su Sanniang, who disappeared in the battle of Zhenjiang."
Qiao Zhiqing snorted coldly, waved his right hand, and the soldiers behind him immediately lined up in a gun formation, opened the safety with a brush, and pointed the muzzle of the gun at the woman in front of him."
You, who are you" The leading woman's face immediately turned pale, and even the woman behind her shook her body in shock, and finally couldn't help but kneel on the ground and kowtow to Qiao Zhiqing and beg for mercy."
Official, spare your life, we are no longer the Taiping Army.""
Spare your life, my lord, we have all changed our ways.""
Spare your life, my lord.""
Don't hurt them, you guessed right, I'm Su Sanniang, if you want to kill or chop, just find me alone."
The leading woman threw away the spear in her hand, straightened her chest and shouted at Qiao Zhiqingjiao, with no fear on her face.She is a legendary female general in the Taiping Army, Su Sanniang.It turned out that he was the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, and later led his 2,000 brothers to join the Taiping Army, and fought with Hong Xiuquan in the south and the north, making great contributions.After entering Nanjing, he became the deputy head of the women's camp and assisted Hong Xuanjiao in managing the women's camp.When the champion of the dynasty, Long Qirui, also fell for it, and once gave a poem to Su Sanniang, praising her "The two arms have fought more than 100 battles, and a shot does not fall a thousand people; The galloping horses were arrogant, and thousands of fox squirrels fled one after another. ”"Okay, it's really a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows, and the official admires it."
Qiao Zhiqing clasped his fists and saluted, signaled the soldiers behind him to put down the foreign guns, and continued, "The official and the brothers have been hungry for a day, why don't Sanniang let people prepare some wine and food first, and can you wait until you are full to talk about other things" "Didn't you come to arrest me" Su Sanniang looked at the young man who claimed to be the prefect in front of her with a surprised face."
What are you going to do, this official hasn't done it yet, let's sit down and talk while eating, okay" Qiao Zhiqing touched Su Sanniang's cooing belly, chuckled, and motioned for her to relax.Su Sanniang nodded in some surprise, and hurriedly ordered the woman next to her to go down to prepare wine and food, and she took Qiao Zhiqing into a small courtyard on the side of the road.At this time, the sky was already dark, and Su Sanniang asked people to light torches around the courtyard, and the lights were suddenly brightly like the day.The wine and food were also served later, and a total of eight tables of wine and food were set up in the courtyard, and the soldiers sat down hungry, and before the wine and food were ready, Qiao Zhiqing ordered everyone to eat.The women gathered around the courtyard, as if they hadn't seen a man for a long time, chatted excitedly outside the courtyard.Su Sanniang was alone at a table with Qiao Zhiqing, constantly pouring wine for Qiao Zhiqing, and Qiao Zhiqing picked up the rice and devoured the peasant dishes on the table.Su Sanniang secretly wondered in her heart when she saw it, where did Qiao Zhiqing come from, it was completely different from the Manchu officials she had seen, he didn't have a little shelf, and he didn't know what to do with himself after eating."
If you have any questions, just say them, don't sit there with a sad face."
Qiao Zhiqing filled his stomach, asked the woman behind him to put away the dishes, chopsticks and dishes, and looked at Su Sanniang with interest."
How do you know my identity, and who are you, wasn't Suzhou occupied by King Zhong, and when was it recaptured by the Qing army" After Su Sanniang's army defeated Zhenjiang, she broke out of the city with more than 100 female soldiers.As soon as Luo Xuan died, she was already disheartened with the world, and after finding a small village in the countryside of Suzhou to settle down, she never left the village again, living an isolated life here, and even Li Xiucheng did not know that she lived here."
This official is Qiao Zhiqing, the marshal of the Qing army, who was recently crowned the prefect of Suzhou by the imperial court, and the people of the loyal king were driven out of Suzhou half a year ago, and now they are wandering in Jiaxing and other places.As for how the official knows you, the official sees that you are well-trained, not like an ordinary woman.Seeing that your clothes are similar to the female soldiers of the Taiping Army, and your red tassel gun is engraved with the word Su, reminiscent of Su Sanniang who disappeared in the First Battle of Zhenjiang a few years ago, the official guessed randomly, but I didn't expect it to be you. ”Qiao Zhiqing stared at Su Sanniang's eyes, only to see that she had spring water in her eyes, and she was looking forward to it; The wind bun shows the sideburns, and the eyebrows are lightly swept away; Although she is already a woman, her skin is still as soft and greasy as a little girl, and the two strands of hair on her cheeks are blowing in the wind, adding a bit of seductive style."
Master Qiao, since you already know my identity, what do you plan to do with me?"
Su Sanniang was stared at tightly, and couldn't help but feel moved, secretly blushing, and lowered her head.I secretly blamed Qiao Zhiqing for being rude, but I couldn't refuse his fiery eyes, so I couldn't help but look at him secretly, and muttered to myself in my heart, I don't know where this handsome young man came from, and became the prefect of Suzhou at such a young age.After thinking about it, my heart suddenly twitched, and my face became more and more red.But as soon as he remembered Qiao Zhiqing's identity, his face immediately turned cold."
Master, ha, ha," Qiao Zhiqing smiled presumptuously, took a tight breath and continued to reply, "I, Qiao Zhiqing, have never had a master in my heart, if I have to recognize a master, then the people of the world, they are qualified to be my master Qiao Zhiqing." ”"You are really arrogant, and I am not afraid that these words will be listened to and denounced you."
Su Sanniang didn't know why she took the initiative to care about this Manchu official, and she was startled after saying it.Qiao Zhiqing was amused by her, and replied easily, "This official wants the court to quickly find some trouble for himself, and he doesn't have to be afraid of anything like now, don't you believe it, if this official raises the flag and rebels, it will definitely be better than what you Hong Tianwang do." ”Su Sanniang looked at Qiao Zhiqing with an incredulous expression, although his tone seemed to be joking, but he was so confident, as if only he could save him in today's world."
Since you are not here for me, as a dignified prefect, you have nothing to do and deal with government affairs in the city, but what are you doing in this countryside" Su Sanniang saw that Qiao Zhiqing was not so terrible, and had the courage to chat with him."
It's about to be the autumn harvest season, and the official came down to investigate in person because he was worried about the farmers' harvest problems, and he met the woman by mistake, which is really a great joy in life."
Qiao Zhiqing smiled and filled himself with wine, and poured a bowl for Su Sanniang, this rice wine is sweet and refreshing, better than the drinks of later generations, a bowl of belly, endless aftertaste."
That's all in the past, the folk girl is just a village woman in the countryside now, don't make fun of the adults anymore."
Su Sanniang sighed, and the corners of her eyes suddenly turned red, like a wronged young woman.It seems that he doesn't want to think about the past, so he took a sip of the wine bowl and felt a lot of feelings in his heart.She was extremely disappointed in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, if it weren't for the mediocrity of the Heavenly King at the beginning, she just wanted to hide in her gentle township, and if she didn't want to go north, Zhenjiang would not be lost, Luo Xuan would not die, and she might still be fighting on horseback."
How many women are there in your village, why can't this official see a man here, don't they all want to get married" Qiao Zhiqing hurriedly changed the topic and pulled Su Sanniang out of his memory."
The women in this village are all female soldiers under me, and there are more than 130 people in total, who escaped from Zhenjiang City with me.Because I was worried that others would know our identity and report to the government, we have been hiding all these years, and we have not thought about getting married for the time being. ”Speaking of the word marriage, Su Sanniang's face flushed again, and she hung her head shyly.With that charming demeanor, Qiao Zhiqing, who was watching it, suddenly felt a burst of heartbeat
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