Chapter 465 Beheading
It takes the dog many years to fully heal from the harm done by its original family.

The harm this medicinal pork belly caused her...

"Then I will stew a pot for you every day!" Yin Lingyou said happily.

No need!

Xia Mingyue hurriedly found an excuse to decline, "Actually, I don't really like eating pork these days. Well, I just don't like pork belly."

"Is that so?" Yin Lingyou thought for a moment, "Then let's stew the pig liver. Pig liver can replenish blood and improve eyesight, which is most suitable for Madam Xia. Then add a little bit of sour plums that can benefit the stomach and moisten the intestines..."

Sour plum, pork liver?
Is this something that can be put together?
Each word looks familiar, but why do they seem so strange when put together?

After eating medicinal food with complex flavors that were difficult to swallow for several days in a row, with different complex flavors every day and new complex methods every day, Xia Mingyue finally thought of a way to stop Yin Lingyou from continuing to stew the medicinal food.

She asked for a copy of the script that had been reviewed for Shen Shujun, and gave it to Yin Lingyou along with a few other scripts that she had previously thought were very good, letting him read them slowly.

And Yin Lingyou was just as Xia Mingyue expected. From then on, he read by lamplight at night, forgot to eat and sleep, and was addicted to it...

Just when Xia Mingyue breathed a sigh of relief, she received a letter.

It was written by Lu Qiyan.

He said that he was busy in the army and had no free time, so he and An Yunji probably wouldn't be able to return home on New Year's Eve, so he asked Xia Mingyue to take good care of herself.

Placed in the envelope along with the letter paper was a silver note.

The denomination is two thousand taels.

Xia Mingyue held the letter and the banknote in her hand, pursed her lips and remained silent for a long time, but finally she snorted.

If she doesn't want to come back for the New Year, then she won't come back. But you sent her such a big banknote. Are you trying to get rid of her?
Do you think she is the kind of person who doesn't care about anything else now that she has money?

Really...

The guess is so accurate!
Now that I have money, men and other things are not important anymore!

Xia Mingyue carefully collected the large-denomination silver bills, wrapped them up again and again with paper, and then put them into a locked box.

The box was brushed with multiple layers of tung oil to make it waterproof and moth-proof, and there were medicinal sachets inside, so snakes, insects, rats and ants all avoided it. Burying it in this way would make it doubly safe.

Zhao Youcai next door also received Lu Qiyan's letter.

To be exact, it was a reply.

Zhao Youcai had been recuperating at home for several months. His leg injury had healed and he was recovering very well. He was concerned about military affairs, so he asked someone to send a letter to Lu Qiyan in the army, asking him when he could return to the barracks.

Lu Qiyan's reply this time was to inform Zhao Youcai that he could return to the military camp, and return as a captain.

The promotion of the team leader to the captain was a great joy to Zhao Youcai. After receiving the letter, he began to happily pack his clothes and other things.

Mrs. Lu frowned in worry. After hesitating for a long time, she asked in a low voice, "Do we have to go back to the military camp?"

In the past, Zhao Youcai joined the army mostly for a living, but in the past two years, his family has earned a lot of money with Xia Mingyue, and Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu have also learned skills, so the family will never have to worry about food and drink in the future.

Lu had been living in fear for many years and didn't want to live in such insecurity anymore.

"This war doesn't necessarily mean there will be trouble, right?" Zhao Youcai said in a comforting tone, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."

There will be casualties in war, and some will be fine, but something bad will happen... Lu was still worried, but she felt that these words were unlucky, so she said "Pah" twice and sighed, "I hope so."

Zhao Youcai was able to rest peacefully at home until his leg injury was completely healed, and he was promoted to the position of captain, and Lu Qiyan made a lot of efforts in this process.

It would be a bad idea to give up at this time.

Moreover, Lu Qiyan can be considered a grassroots person who rose to the top, so he needs brothers who are willing to go through thick and thin with him.

It was neither moral nor logical for Zhao Youcai to not go back.

Lu knew that the outcome could not be changed, so he could only pray to the City God in his heart, hoping that Zhao Youcai, Lu Qiyan and the others would be safe.

Zhao Youcai saw that his wife was worried and just smiled and said, "Don't worry."

These three simple words seemed a bit dry, but he really didn't know what to say besides that. Besides, it would be useless to say too much.

It can only be proved by facts when the time comes!

Zhao Youcai set out early the next morning, and when he left, he was covered with bags.

Most of them were winter clothes, shoes and other items made for him by Lu, and some were things Xia Mingyue asked him to bring for Lu Qiyan and An Yunji.

Lu Qiyan and An Yunji had already taken their winter clothes and shoes away, so Xia Mingyue did not prepare too much this time. She only prepared some honey-glazed meat jerky that she had baked herself for Lu Qiyan, An Yunji, Zhao Youcai and others to enjoy in their spare time.

Meat jerky is made by chopping up pork tenderloin, adding various seasonings and then rolling it into thin slices. The jerky is then cut into cubes of appropriate size, brushed with honey and sprinkled with sesame seeds when baking. After it is baked, it tastes slightly sweet with the five-spice flavor, is delicious and easier to chew than previous jerky, and does not strain your cheeks.

This kind of very dry roasted meat is durable and easy to store. It can replenish energy and resist hunger at critical moments, and is very suitable for taking with you when going to war.

There was a lot of roasted pork jerky, including some for Lu Qiyan and An Yunji, as well as some for Zhao Youcai.

Zhao Youcai thanked him repeatedly, carried the packages of various sizes on his back, walked out of the city gate to the west, and headed towards the military camp.

At this moment in the military camp, the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

After several days of trial by the Ministry of Justice, An Jingzhong's crimes became more and more numerous.

In addition to the previous corruption of military supplies and medicine, killing innocent people to claim credit, killing Cui Wendong, deceiving the emperor and disobeying orders, he also had a penchant for ostentation, bullying soldiers in the army, arbitrarily disposing of innocent soldiers without following military laws, accepting bribes, and seizing good farmland...

When I counted them carefully, there were more than thirty items.

According to the laws of the time, this would be enough to result in beheading dozens of times.

An Leiting had only this one legitimate son. After hearing the news, he wrote several letters to apologize and even listed his military achievements over the years in detail, hoping that the emperor would show mercy and spare An Jingzhong's life.

However, the emperor was still furious and personally ordered An Jingzhong to be beheaded, which took place on April 16th of the following year.

When An Leiting heard this, he looked dejected and heartbroken, and stayed in bed for several days.

Afterwards, another imperial decree was conveyed to the army.

The Jin Wei State's roving troops were causing trouble and were trying to seize the city, causing unrest at the border. So An Leiting was ordered to lead 50,000 troops at the border to be on high alert, to annihilate the roving troops and stabilize the border.

When An Leiting received such an order, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

Your Majesty is really interesting.

On the one hand he wants to kill his son, and on the other hand he wants him to serve the country loyally. How greedy he is.