From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

When Zhou Yuan returned to Xue's house, almost everyone was shocked.

Xue Ningyue ran up, not caring about her parents, and threw herself into Zhou Yuan's arms, tears streaming down her face.

Zhou Yuan swallowed his saliva, feeling the murderous gazes from all around him, as well as the half-smile of his mother-in-law...

Ningyue, you put a lot of pressure on me!

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm fine!"

Zhou Yuan quickly pushed her away, bowed respectfully to his mother-in-law, and said, "I'm sorry to have worried you."

Chen's face looked better, and she sighed, "It's good that you're okay. Jianjia fainted because she was worried about you."

Ah? She is so conscientious? It seems that I overacted before!

Zhou Yuan quickly said, "Let's go in and talk."

When he walked into the hall, Zhou Yuan saw this legendary old man for the first time, the former governor of Datong, the general who commanded tens of thousands of troops.

He was not tall, but rather skinny and withered, but the occasional murderous intent in his eyes made people feel awe-inspiring.

"Junior Zhou Yuan, meet General Xue."

Xue Changyue looked Zhou Yuan up and down, then slowly said: "What general? It's all in the past. I have a good relationship with Zhao Cheng, just call me uncle."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Yes, uncle."

Xue Changyue said lightly: "I have heard about what happened today. You are quite good. You dare to rush around the city with a sword. You are not a coward."

Zhou Yuan said: "Uncle Xue, you are too kind. Compared with your leading the army to repel the Tartars, my bravery is nothing."

"Let's not talk about those past events."

Xue Changyue waved his hand, but he was obviously in a much happier mood. He smiled and said: "Look at you, you are full of blood, and you are not afraid of scaring the women. Ningyue, take Zhou Yuan to wash up and change into a set of clean clothes."

"Okay, Daddy!"

Xue Ningyue was immediately very surprised and agreed.

Chen suddenly said, "Ziyuan, you are getting lazy. Your son-in-law wants to wash up, why don't you hurry up and serve him?"

"Ah? Oh! Yes, madam."

Ziyuan walked to Zhou Yuan stupidly. The bloody smell was really pungent.

Zhou Yuan didn't care what others were thinking. He took a bath and changed his clothes.

Although the clothes were a little small, they made him look more upright when he wore them.

Xue Ningyue smiled foolishly and said gently: "Brother Zhou, the clothes that Daddy wore when he was young really suit you."

Zhou Yuan took a few steps closer to her and whispered: "Do you like it?"

Xue Ningyue's pretty face suddenly turned red, and she lowered her head in shame, and said in a mosquito-like voice: "I like it..."

Zhou Yuan took the opportunity to hug her in his arms and said: "You are scared today."

Xue Ningyue said: "Well, if it weren't for Brother Zhou, Ningyue wouldn't know how to live."

"Just talking nonsense."

Zhou Yuan pinched her delicate face and smiled: "Let's go out."

Zi Yuan pouted, looked at the two people's affectionate appearance, and snorted heavily.

She tilted her head, while cleaning the room, she said to herself: "I will tell the young lady, I will expose you."

When she came to the hall, Zhou Yuan's upright image made people shine.

Even Mrs. Xue couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise: "What a great look! He looks just like the old man when he was young!"

Chen felt uncomfortable after hearing this, and couldn't find a reason to refute, so she looked at Zhou Yuan again, smiling.

Zhou Yuan felt like a thorn in his back, remembering what his father-in-law said, that he was very strictly controlled when he was young, and now it seems that what he said is true.

Xue Changyue also sighed, nodded in appreciation at Zhou Yuan, and said: "Men should look at spirit, Zhou Yuan, your spirit doesn't look like a scholar."

"Ling'er just told me that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was written by you, it's really good, magnificent, and makes people's blood boil."

These soldiers, as long as they can read, who would not like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?

Zhou Yuan clasped his fists and said, "Uncle Xue, you are too kind. I just don't know what the current situation in Yunzhou is. Where are the 3,000 soldiers in the city defense camp?"

Xue Changyue waved his hand and said, "I am just an ordinary citizen. I may not know more than you, but based on experience, the rebels of the Wusheng Sect have made so many preparations, of course they will not ignore the city defense camp."

"I sent a spy to check it out, and I think it should be back."

As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Tianci strode in, half-knelt down, clasped his fists and said, "General, there is news. The 3,000 soldiers in the city defense camp are all collapsed on the bed. It is said that the water source has been drugged. The whole army has diarrhea and can't stand up at all."

Damn, these bastards can actually come up with such a method?

Zhou Yuan was a little shocked. The poison that can poison 3,000 people must be hard to find, mainly because the amount required is large and the poison is not easy to release.If time is fast, the ultimate goal cannot be achieved.

But laxatives are slow to take effect, cheap and easy to buy, and are indeed the most suitable for poisoning.

Xue Changyue frowned and said, "What about Zhao Cheng? What is he doing!"

Guan Tianci said, "Lord Zhao brought hundreds of constables and recruited a large number of civilians from Yunzhou City, and is suppressing them all the way from the east."

"But there are many mobs, and the recruited civilians are not combat-capable, so there is no progress."

Xue Changyue said in a deep voice, "Bring the map!"

The guards waiting on the side hurriedly took the map from the study.

Xue Changyue opened it and frowned immediately.

Zhou Yuan approached and asked in confusion: "The land price in the east of Yunzhou City is expensive and the development is prosperous. On the contrary, there are fewer residents, and most of them are large mansions."

"If we fight from the east, we won't recruit too many people. I'm afraid they will be mainly servants. There are huge problems in terms of combat effectiveness and morale."

"Even if my father-in-law is eloquent and eloquent, it is impossible to convince those servants to die. In essence, it still depends on those hundreds of constables."

Xue Changyue raised his head and said in surprise: "You know all this?"

Qu Ling and others were also shocked. Where is the scholar? How can he dance with swords and kill people and understand military affairs!

Xue Ningyue was full of silly smiles, thinking to herself, my brother Zhou is amazing.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "I just know a little bit."

Xue Changyue pondered and said, "There is no need to be humble. There is no such thing as humility in the military. You continue to analyze."

Zhou Yuan's face was serious, and he continued, "There are tens of thousands of mobs, but there will be fewer real core members. The Wusheng Sect has only a hundred people in Yunzhou at most, otherwise their influence would have been more than that. Qingshan County also needs people to lure the tiger away from the mountain."

"What I mean is that as long as the morale of the mob is suppressed in a short period of time, the mob will soon collapse."

"After all, the nature of the mob is to use violence against the weak, fear the power of the strong, break their morale, control the situation, and then divide and suppress them."

Xue Changyue said in a serious voice, "Well said! But now the Tiqi has not returned yet, and the city defense camp has no combat effectiveness. How can we break the enemy with only a few hundred constables? "

Zhou Yuan thought for a while, and finally said: "Take the initiative! Cooperate with my father-in-law's hundreds of constables and recruited slaves to cut the mob in half and force them to move south!"

He pointed to the map and said: "My father-in-law's people are driving the mob in the east, but the effect is not good."

"If I lead fifty elites and kill from the north through the alley, holding the flag of the city defense camp, I can kill the mob and make them flee in an instant."

Guan Tianci's face changed, and he immediately shouted: "No! Our mission is to protect the general! Not to quell the rebellion!"

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice: "Quelling the rebellion is the best protection. If you regard yourself as a soldier, then you should always be the wall protecting the people!"

Xue Changyue stood up with an extremely fierce momentum.

He shouted: "Well said! Soldiers! They should be the walls that protect the people!"

"Guan Tianci! Take fifty people and follow Zhou Yuan! Follow his orders, cooperate with Zhao Cheng, and defeat the mob."

It is the duty of soldiers to obey orders.

No matter how many objections Guan Tianci had, he could only bite the bullet and say: "I obey your orders!"