The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 482: look up
Chapter 482 Observation
In the past, the young lady would have finished her morning exercises at this time and would have called for water to take a bath, rain or shine. But today she was still sleeping, which showed how tired she was from the trip to the northern border.
The maids and servants all walked on tiptoe and whispered in each other’s ears for fear of disturbing the eldest girl.
Bai Jinzhi finally got home and had a good sleep. When she woke up, she felt full of energy. She heard a little girl from Boyun Courtyard come to tell her that Bai Qingyan was going to the martial arts arena today, and asked Bai Jinzhi to pack up and go there.
Bai Jinzhi happily washed up and went to Boyun Courtyard without even having breakfast.
Hearing the maids who were sweeping the courtyard in Boyun Courtyard calling the Fourth Young Lady repeatedly, Chuntao, who was kneeling on the ground putting on Bai Qingyan’s boots, smiled and said, “I guess the Fourth Young Lady must be happy that her breakfast was useless, so she came to look for the eldest young lady.”
Bai Qingyan straightened his sleeves, stood up and said, “Ask the kitchen to prepare an extra set of bowls and chopsticks, and two plates of her favorite pickled vegetables.”
“Eldest sister!” When Bai Jinzhi herself lifted the Xiangfei bamboo curtain and came in, she saw Bai Qingyan coming out of the separation and said with a smile, “Can I try out the skills of those people at the martial arts arena today?”
“You have to ask Uncle Ping…” Bai Qingyan smiled and sat down at the round table, motioning Bai Jinzhi to sit down and have breakfast.
Shen Yan had already told the princess that she would come to the martial arts arena today.
The people sent by Li Tianfu were ready to make a move. Shen Yan glanced at them inconspicuously, tilted his head and lowered his voice to whisper in Bai Qingping’s ear: “These people must be kept a close eye on. Don’t give them a chance to get close to the Princess Zhenguo. Before the princess comes later… I think you should arrange them as far away from the princess as possible!”
Bai Qingping nodded repeatedly: “Brother Yan is really thoughtful.”
Bai Qingping ordered his men to collect all the bows and arrows on the training ground into the armory. He had just arranged the people sent by Li Tianfu to be as far away from the reviewing platform as possible. Then, Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi came to the training ground accompanied by Lupin and the guards of the Bai residence.
Seeing Bai Qingyan dressed neatly and riding a horse in from outside the martial arts arena, Shen Yancong hurriedly ran down the platform and respectfully went to greet Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi.
Bai Jinzhi jumped off his horse and looked at the new recruits who were lining up in the martial arts arena in an orderly manner. He said, “Eldest sister, it looks like they are doing well!”
“Princess, these people have already been selected by Brother Ping and I. You can take another look. If there is no problem, all of them can be used!” Shen Yancong said respectfully.
Bai Qingyan nodded and dismounted, throwing the black gold whip in his hand to the guard behind him, and said to Shen Yancong: “You will accompany Uncle Ping to take a look later, and keep those who Uncle Ping thinks are not ready. The rest… wait for the next few days to send people to find out the situation of the mountain bandits, and then follow me out of the city to suppress the bandits.”
If even Lupin thinks that the person is not capable, it would be a waste of life to take him there.
Bai Qingping was a little surprised. He didn’t expect Bai Qingyan to be so anxious. After finding out the situation, he wanted to send people to suppress the bandits.
“Yes!” Shen Yan clasped his hands together and said yes.
Bai Jinzhi saw Bai Qingyan walking up to the platform and hurriedly called out, “Elder sister!”
Bai Qingyan, who had already stepped onto the high steps, turned around and was amused by Bai Jinzhi’s deliberate pitiful appearance: “Go! Stay with Uncle Ping and don’t mess around!”
“Okay!” Bai Jinzhi responded happily.
Bai Qingyan stepped onto the podium to review his troops. The new recruits who had been training for some days standing below the podium were silent, and they looked up at Bai Qingyan who was standing on the podium.
Although Bai Qingyan is a woman, she has won great victories in both the battles in Southern Xinjiang and Northern Xinjiang. Such achievements are a convincing deterrent.
“I wonder if you have heard that banditry is getting worse and worse. Bandits have come down the mountain to burn, kill, rob, and kill people and take children. I came all the way back from the capital, and I heard that people in neighboring counties had their children taken away by bandits. Those who were chased down the mountain were killed by the bandits!”
There was a rumor about this matter that spread to Shuoyang City, so the people of Shuoyang City have been keeping a close eye on their children recently. They call their children back home as soon as it gets dark and do not let them play outside.
Bai Qingyan stood with his hands behind his back, speaking in a loud and firm voice: “In the beginning, I recruited civilians as soldiers because banditry was rampant. Bai Qingyan was determined to fight the bandits for the people. You all joined us to fight the bandits and protect the people. Now… you have been training day and night for more than two months. I will lead the team myself soon. Do you dare to follow me to climb the mountain and fight the bandits?”
“Suppress the bandits!”
“Suppress the bandits!”
“Suppress the bandits!”
The morale in the martial arts arena is very high.
They were going to follow the princess who could not even defeat the elite troops of the enemy country to suppress the bandits, so they naturally had a plan in mind.
Before the Princess Zhenguo came, Shen Yancong and Bai Qingping said that those who could go with the Princess Zhenguo to suppress the bandits would receive ten gold coins if they cut off the bandit’s head. This was a great temptation for ordinary people.
Even if they are not going there to suppress bandits and protect the people, they have to go for the gold!
Since ancient times, birds die for food, people die for money, and there will always be brave men under a huge sum of money.
Those who were not selected were so envious in their hearts that they all made up their minds to train hard so that they would have the chance to earn the ten gold coins in the future.
The messengers standing on both sides of the platform waved the command flags in their hands.
War drums sounded and as the command flags changed, the well-trained recruits below the stage were divided into two teams and shouted and fought.
These new recruits are slightly inferior to the disciplined new troops of the Bai family army, not to mention the new troops of the Jin army. However, this is much better than Bai Qingyan expected.
Take it slow, having soldiers is always better than having no soldiers at all.
The few people who were arranged by Bai Qingping to the farthest place, when they heard that they would follow Princess Zhenguo to the mountain to suppress the bandits in a few days, wanted to get rid of Princess Zhenguo without anyone knowing when they got to the mountain, so that they could return to report smoothly.
Otherwise, such an open assassination attempt on Princess Zhenguo would probably be captured by the Bai family guards around Princess Zhenguo before he could get close.
Although assassination missions are all risky, who wouldn’t want to live if there was a chance to survive?
When Bai Jinzhi, Shen Yancong and Lupin came across the people sent by Li Tianfu, Bai Jinzhi stopped in front of them and asked Shen Yancong: “Are they the ones you said have excellent skills?”
The people sent by Li Tianfu immediately stopped fighting and saluted Bai Jinzhi.
“Yes, Princess!” Shen Yancong said respectfully.
Bai Jinzhi narrowed his eyes and saw that the postures of these people saluting were extremely uniform, as if they had received special training.
Bai Jinzhi had seen ordinary people perform salutes before. Let alone the ordinary people in southern Xinjiang who were far away from the royal family, even the people in the capital city would never be able to perform salutes in such a standard manner without special training. What’s more… these people were so unified, the extent of their bows were almost exactly the same.
She tightened her hands behind her back and looked at those people with a smile.
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