Chapter 111 Is One Young Man Enough?
Hong Xiu didn't dare to accept the salute, and was about to stand up and avoid it, but Ye Qiongying supported him and let him accept the salute.
"Big...big girl, how...how can I do this?" Hong Xiu was so nervous that he couldn't even speak smoothly. Despite his big size, he looked at Uncle Ye pitifully, "Ye Jing'an, why don't you come and stop them! How can I let the big girl bow to me?"
Uncle Ye laughed and shook his head:
"Forget it, forget it. Even the old lady can't stop you from doing what you want to do. Don't count on an old man like me!"
"Bah!" When this was mentioned, Hong Xiu forgot to be nervous and said to Uncle Ye with contempt, "Don't I know how old you are? You are younger than me, and you are taking advantage of your age. How shameless!"
Seeing that Ye Jingan could not be counted on, Hong Xiu quickly said to Ye Qiongying who had already finished her greetings:
"Girl, please don't do this again. I'm not that stupid guy like Daniu. I can't sleep well at night if you do this!"
Ye Qiongying smiled and said:
"Aunt Hong, you don't have to worry about it. This is what you deserve. You have all worked hard in the past three years! Whether it's you and Uncle Niu, Uncle Xiong, or... other elders I haven't met yet. When I didn't know, thanks to you for sticking with me until now, thank you."
Hong Xiu, who was originally carefree, became inexplicably shy at this moment. He coughed twice in embarrassment and stammered:
"This... this is nothing... Back then, if it weren't for your parents, I... we... wouldn't even know where we would be digging in the ground.
Big...big girl, don't worry, we are not, we are not those kind of ungrateful and heartless people. We will definitely...will definitely continue to be loyal to the Ye family!
Now that Brother Ye and the others are gone, we will continue to protect you and the Ye Mansion!"
Ye Qiongying could see how sincere she was when she said this:
"Aunt Hong, I believe in you. You don't have to be so reserved. I have many things to trouble you with during this visit!"
When he heard that there was something to do, Hong Xiu immediately became energetic and said quickly:
"Miss, if you need anything, just follow my orders!"
Seeing that she was more comfortable like this, Ye Qiongying breathed a sigh of relief and said directly without saying anything else:
"Back then, there was a core team in the Ye family's private army that existed independently without being incorporated into the main army. Three years have passed. I wonder if those people can still be contacted now? Uncle Ye said that only a part of them has been found, and they have not yet arrived in Pingwu City. I wonder if Aunt Hong can speed up the contact with the remaining people. Regardless of whether they have returned to the team, at least we need to make sure they are safe."
Ye Qiongying always felt that something was fishy about what happened three years ago.
His father and brothers died in battle, and most of the core forces were sacrificed.
Could it be that someone is specifically targeting the Ye family?
In this case, are the team members safe? Are they also threatened?
When Hong Xiu heard this, he immediately patted his chest and promised:
"So that's what happened! I've been trying to contact these people since three years ago. Now, except for a few, most of the others know the approximate location. I'll contact them right away.
Miss, are you going to reorganize the Ye Family Army?"
"It's not the right time yet," Ye Qiongying said, "I'm just an ordinary soldier in the army now. I'll make other arrangements if I ask them to come back. As for the military camp... now that General Pang Li and the other four are checking and supervising each other, there won't be much of a problem. Let's wait until the situation stabilizes before taking action."
Ye Qiongying recounted her experience of coming to Pingwu City.
After hearing this, Hong Xiu's expression changed:
"He's just a centurion? How can this be possible! This matter... No, I'll go find Yuan Wu! This kid is really lawless now. He didn't even give you the tiger talisman when he saw you... Ah, no, the tiger talisman has been handed over to General Pang and the others. This... Your Majesty, what's going on? Could it be..."
Hong Xiu paused and said worriedly:
"That emperor in the palace has been afraid of the Ye family for a long time, right? He wants to take this opportunity to take back the military power, right?"
Since ancient times, when the rabbit dies, the dog is abandoned. Now that the patriarch of the Ye family is gone, it will be even easier to completely disperse the Ye family army and bring it back to the court.
Ye Qiongying thought of the masked emperor in the palace, the content of the imperial edict, and the attitude of Eunuch Liang. She always felt that... he didn't have that intention.
His Majesty usually takes action on whatever he has in mind, without any fear at all. When he carried out a bloodbath in the court, he almost replaced all the ministers in the court with new ones, and he didn't seem to worry or hesitate at all.
If he really had something against the Ye family, there would be no need to go through all these roundabout ways. He could have just sent the imperial guards to surround the Ye Mansion, and then issued an order to confiscate the Ye family army which no longer had a formal owner. Why would he have to go through all the trouble of sending her over?
Don't say that you do it for the sake of legitimacy or to make it sound better.
If he really cared about his reputation, the name of a tyrant would not have spread.
"Unlikely," Ye Qiongying shook her head. "This arrangement is pretty good now. There will be fewer voices of resistance in the army. It will also allow me to experience the real life in the barracks first, from the bottom up, to gain the recognition and support of the soldiers, and to gain practical combat experience. If I were to be the airborne commander and lead the army in a war, even if Your Majesty dared, I would not be able to do it. What I learned before was just theory. It is not easy to use it in actual combat."
Hong Xiu was obviously very convinced of the Ye family. When Ye Qiongying said this, she immediately agreed, but soon expressed her attitude:
"Young lady, why should you be so modest? When Brother Ye was here, he often praised his daughter for her intelligence and said that she learned faster than her brothers. I believe that you will be able to pass the assessment in a year and successfully defeat the Ye Family Army!"
After saying that, Hong Xiu punched Uncle Ye on the shoulder.
Uncle Ye reacted quickly and tried to dodge immediately, but Hong Xiu's other hand had already slapped him on the head, and the attempt to dodge ended up bumping into him.
Uncle Ye covered his head with his hands. Although he had gray hair, he looked like a little brother who was beaten by a big sister.
"Sister Hong, what are you doing again?"
"What?" Hong Xiu rolled up his sleeves. "Look at you, Ye Jing'an. You stay in the capital, but you don't even come forward when the young lady is wronged? What kind of rubbish is that loyal and brave mansion? How dare they bully my young lady? Those two holes under your eyebrows, you can only blink but not look, right? You don't even react until the young lady returns home?"
The grievance on Uncle Ye's face disappeared and he suddenly fell silent.
Ye Qiongying said quickly:
“Aunt Hong, this matter has nothing to do with Uncle Ye. I didn’t think it through at that time, and I suddenly realized it after I was deceived.
Besides, I didn’t suffer any loss, and I got back what I gave away.”
"I'm not talking about the money, I'm talking about the injustice you've suffered!"
Hong Xiu sighed.
"Why should a good girl work like a slave for his family and then be kicked away? If Brother Ye and the others were still here, that family would never have the guts to do that! Miss, just wait, we will definitely raise the Ye family up again, and then we will go and cause trouble for the Marquis' Mansion! By the way, I heard that you brought a handsome young man with you? You did the right thing! You should let that guy surnamed Yin know that we don't need his broken thing!
But...is one enough? Aunt Hong can find you a few more young men. We can find beautiful and strong ones!"