Ma You waited for Xie Zhao to chase Yingyue Peak with anticipation. There, he prepared a richer meal for Xie Zhao, but he did not wait. It was not that Xie Zhao didn't want to come, but that he could not chase him. Most of the remaining soldiers who escaped from Shimo Peak seemed a little abnormal.

"devil!"

"Nuota head and horse face!"

"The ghost is here!"

"The bushes are running!"

"The Lord of Mountain is angry!"

The gods and gods were madly and acted wildly, which soon caused the entire army to be infected with a panic atmosphere. The morale of the army fell to the end. At this time, if they attacked and chased the enemy, there would be no chance of winning. Ma You did not expect that although he had won the Navy and Marine Corps in a very small price, he also prevented the development of his follow-up plan and prevented him from achieving greater victory.

If he knew the real reason why Xie Zhao did not chase him, Ma You would be so angry that he would jump into his feet and knock Ye Ping's head a bag. However, now his Yingyuefeng was studying the small fruits of various colors that Ye Ping had gotten. Looking at the shiny fruits of pea rice lying in his palm, Ma You looked over and over again.

"General Ma, what are you looking at? Aren't it just some wild fruits with color?" Ye Ping asked curiously.

Ma You shook his fingers at him, and his eyes showed a look of disdain, "So, if I can be the leader, you can only be my deputy. Don't you understand? Come on, sit down, I will give you some advice!"

Ye Ping laughed and sat down, "General Ma, don't forget, I discovered this thing first."

"I know, I won't erase your credit. After following me for so long, when did you see me swallowing other people's credit? Ye Ping, have you noticed that tomorrow night, our big face will have an unexpected effect, and it will directly scare many people!"

"Well, I didn't expect that it would be a bit scary to have a branch inserted into the net bed and put it on my body with such a colorful face."

"Ye Ping, have you ever thought that these fruits can be used at this time, and we can also use them in this place, but what if we change the place or change the season? Do we still need to use them? After seeing the effect of yesterday, I fell in love with him." Looking at the colorful little fruit in my hand affectionately, Ma You said.

"General Ma, do you want to use this thing all year round?" Ye Ping looked at him with a gaze, "I have no choice. This thing itself is a seasonal thing. Pick it down and preserve it, and they will lose water and turn it into dried fruits, which is useless."

"Yes, I'm thinking about this question too. If we pick all these fruits, squeeze out the juice, and then seal them, will it not be used all year round?" said Ma You.

"General, this is impossible. Even if we pick all the fruits around Yingyue Peak and all the surrounding fruits, just that head can squeeze out how much juice it can be, it will probably be gone if it is used once or twice."

"So, what am I thinking about?" Ma You snorted.

A soldier next to him looked at Ma You, "General Ma, are you so depressed for a long time just because of this matter?"

Hearing the obvious disdainful tone of the soldier's mouth, Ma You turned his head angrily and looked at the lazy guy who played the dagger in his hand very skillfully, "Do you have a way? If there is no way, I will make your head full of meat bags!"

The soldier sniffed and laughed: "General, every time the Spring Festival in my hometown is over the Chinese New Year, there will be an activity, which is said to be a sacrifice. The villagers in the village will take out a jar of oil sludge and apply a few coats on everyone's face. That kind of oil sludge can be stored for more than a year."

Ma You's eyes lit up, "You mean, if we make this sludge and squeeze out this juice, when using it, just pour a little of this juice in it?"

"Yes, General, it takes only a little more to completely change the color of the sludge. At the beginning, I saw a jar of sludge that only needed to pour a small pot of ink into it, and it turned black."

With a bang, there was a heavy thunder on his head, "What are you waiting for? Why don't you go get this kind of oil sludge?"

Ma You looked happy and his eyes turned to Ye Ping again. Ye Ping immediately stood up, "General, I know what I should do, I will take them with me to pick these fruits!"

"Smart!" Ma You gave him a thumbs up.

Shimo Peak, Xie Zhao's camp. The camp that was burnt to pieces was rebuilt. Xie Zhao finally figured out what devil was, what was the meaning of running bushes. Xie Guangcheng found a large number of discarded fruit shells under Wangri Peak. The small fruits that could squeeze out color made Xie Zhao understand how the devil came from the soldiers' mouths. What shocked Xie Zhao even more was that Xie Guangcheng found a pair of net beds discarded by the other party. The hemp rope woven into the net bed contained steel wires, which Xie Zhao knew very well.

Although the source was found, the morale that fell to the bottom could not be recovered for a while. Xie Zhao could only stop and sent Xie Guangcheng to lead 3,000 people to station at Shimo Peak to prevent the North Envoy Army from coming out to harass him again. However, he could not confirm the actual effect. He just asked Xie Guangcheng to guard the camp and not fight easily, so as not to fall into the opponent's trap again. Now Xie Zhao fully understood that he was not facing an ordinary army, but a special army carefully selected from the North Envoy Army. With such a spike stuck in his throat, it was extremely uncomfortable to think about it. I was afraid that most of his energy in Yuzhou would be involved by this army.

He returned to Yuzhou City in a bad mood, thinking about how to report this crushing defeat to his father, Xie Shilin's special envoy had already rushed from Jingzhou to Yuzhou and summoned Xie Zhao to Jingzhou City immediately.

I just failed, so my father naturally would not predict the future. It was only because of something else, which made Xie Zhao a little shocked.

"What's wrong?" he asked the visitor directly.

"I don't know what it is, but it seems that something happened to the imperial concubine!" said vaguely.

Xie Zhao became anxious when he heard this. His sister Xie Yunqiu entered the palace and became the emperor's concubine. This was an extremely important move for Xie. How could something happen to her in the deep palace?

Xie Zhao arranged the affairs of Yuzhou, took his personal guards and went straight to Jingzhou.

A few days later, Xie Zhao, who had been in trouble all the way, arrived in Jingzhou City. Before he could wash away the dust, he went directly to his father's study.

"What happened to my sister?" I saluted Xie Shilin, raised my body, and asked impatiently.

"Yunqiu's personal girl Cuiping is dead!" Xie Shilin said.

Xie Zhao let out a long sigh, "Cui Ping is dead. I thought something happened to my sister, so I almost scared me to death!" He patted his chest, pulled a chair, and sat opposite his father. But Xie Shilin's next words shocked him and jumped up again.

"Cui Ping was killed, and the body was hung on a tree facing the window of your sister's bedroom. Your sister was scared to death!"

Xie Zhao opened his mouth wide, "That's the palace. Even if he wants to kill someone, he should be killing a god without knowing it. How could he be so arrogant? What's strange about it?"

"The opponent is Zhang Yang. Is this a demonstration? Is this a warning? This is my problem. I should carefully analyze the details of several concubines in the emperor's harem before Yunqiu entered the palace. I was wrong, just briefly told her. This led to such a chaos." Xie Shilin shook his head.

"Who did your sister offend, Empress?" Xie Zhao asked.

"No, it's a virtuous concubine!" Xie Shilin shook his head and smiled bitterly, "If it weren't for this, I really didn't understand that this woman actually had such a great power, such a bold and courageous manner, which was not only a warning to me, but also a slap in the face naked. It seems that the power in this woman's hand is enough to bargain with the emperor?"

Xie Zhao was silent for a moment. He naturally knew much more about Qin Rouniang than his sister.

"How did my sister offend this woman?"

"At her instruction, Cuiping slapped a palace maid Zi Yan next to Concubine Xian. This Zi Yan has an extraordinary identity. She is the wife of General Xiong Kuohai, the Southern Group."

"Why are she not afraid that the emperor will be suspicious of her?"

"Zhaoer, is this more unnecessary? Suspicion has long existed, and the cracks have existed, but a person's strength has reached a certain stage, and even the emperor can do nothing. Let me ask you, what would you do if the emperor suddenly issued an imperial edict at this time and asked you to commit suicide?"

Xie Zhao sneered, "Tear his imperial edict and then rebel!"

"Yes, it seems that Qin Rouniang now has the ability to make the emperor take risks."

"How did my father handle this?"

"I have asked Yunqiu's mother to enter the palace on the grounds of accompanying Yunqiu who was sick. Her mother will explain the interests of Yunqiu. In addition, I have prepared two generous gifts, one for the Xianfei and the other for Xiong Kuohai, which is to express my apology!"

"Father, this will make people think that we are too weak. People are bullied by others, and horses are ridden by others!"

"Now is not the time for us to show off!" Xie Shilin shook his head, "In the past, the ancients could endure the humiliation under their crotch. What is this humiliation now? The other party did not move Yunqiu, which is already giving us face!"

Xie Zhao nodded, "I understand, father, only when you can endure ordinary people's intolerance can you achieve great things that ordinary people cannot achieve."

"This matter ends here. How are you suppressing bandits in Yuzhou?" Xie Shilin changed the topic.

Xie Zhao looked ashamed: "Father, I lost, and I lost a lot."

Xie Shilin frowned, "How could this happen?"

"Father, what we are facing is not an ordinary Northern Expedition Army, but a special combat force equipped with far more than ordinary troops. We are not sure about the situation, and we hit it head-on and suffered a great loss!" Xie Zhao said, and immediately told his father all the battle situation a few days ago.
Chapter completed!