Dressed As a Farm Boy, He Cheated on His Way Out of the Desert.

Chapter 303 Mrs. Li is furious!

Yeshan thought it was the children who were back, so he quickly opened the door, but there were five or six people standing outside the door, including one middle-aged man, and the rest were old people.

A few of them were wearing brocade robes and hairpins on their heads. They looked like they were no ordinary people.

Ye Shan recognized two of them and regretted opening the door, but at this moment he could only ask loudly: "Excuse me, why did you knock on the door?"

The middle-aged man frowned and responded, "Is this the Marquis of Xinting sitting in the room? Please report quickly, we have something to say."

Before Ye Shan could speak again, the Marquis, who was only separated by a screen, had already heard it and ordered: "Yeshan, let them come in!"

Ye Shan took two steps away, and those people came over one after another, walked around the screen, and saw the Marquis holding a fat girl in his arms and feeding her snacks.

The Marquis not only stretched out his hand to catch the crumbs, but also wiped the fat girl's mouth with a handkerchief and gave her water. His fatherly look made everyone stunned.

Jiayin had eaten and drank enough, hugged his adoptive father's neck, rested on his shoulder, and watched the play honestly.

The old lady was a little nervous and wanted to hug the good news, but saw the Marquis shaking his head.

He pulled off his cloak and wrapped the good news around him, then looked at the crowd and asked without any politeness: "What do you want from me?"

He had no intention of inviting anyone to sit down and drink tea. The faces of those who came were not good-looking. The middle-aged man immediately asked: "Master Ye, is this how you treat guests?"

The Marquis raised his eyebrows: "I am an uninvited guest. The reason why I am not turned away is because I am an official in the same dynasty."

The middle-aged man's face darkened, and when he wanted to say more, the Marquis asked directly: "Marquis Dingbei, aren't you supposed to be running around on the riverside defense line, working day and night to guard Jiangnan and Xindu? Why are you here now? ?”

The middle-aged man who just spoke was the Marquis of Dingbei. Hearing these words, he felt a little more embarrassed and guilty, and replied dryly: "Today is the Lantern Festival, can't I come back to rest for a day?"

One of the old men had to speak now, "Master Marquis must also have heard that the war on the riverside is tense, right?"

The Marquis shook his head and replied calmly: "I haven't heard of it. If the war on the riverside is really serious, how can Marquis Dingbei have the heart to come back to celebrate the festival? Shouldn't he be on guard and be prepared for barbarians crossing the river at all times?"

The old men were gagged, and the color of Dingbeihou's face was even more indescribable.

One of the old men couldn't bear it any longer, so he stepped forward to salute and whispered advice: "Master Marquis, at this time when our family and country are in danger, we really shouldn't act out of emotion."

The Marquis nodded, as if he thought what he said made sense, "Yes, you really shouldn't act out of emotion."

 The eyes of the several old men were full of surprises. When they wanted to continue their efforts, the Marquis spoke first.

"I also know that I often act on my own initiative, so I plan to listen to the words of the elders in the future. The elders have said before that the Jiangbei defense line is impregnable. It really shouldn't be heavily guarded and waste national power, let alone lead troops to defend the enemy behind the defense line. In addition, real numbers are redundant.

"Even if I am injured, I am self-inflicted. If I am not punished and demoted, it is already a mercy of the court. Therefore, I will submit a memorial tomorrow, disarm and return to the field, and never give instructions on the Jiangbei defense line again!"

 The old men were so embarrassed that they almost cried after being slapped in the face.

 At first they thought that if they had strong natural defenses and gave up half of the country to the barbarians, Jiangnan would be safe.

However, Xintinghou reinforced the Jiangbei defense line time and time again, constantly asking for more troops and replacement of ordnance, and the army food and salary could not be postponed for a day.

 Even, he led troops to search for surviving people in the north of the Yangtze River all year round, and had many battles with the barbarians. Whenever there were casualties, he would also give a sum of money as a pension.

They didn't think about it for a while, so they took turns submitting memorials to complain to the emperor.

 As a result, before the emperor could express his stance, Marquis Xinting was injured and retreated. They were completely satisfied, and their military pay, armaments, and rations began to decrease. As a result, the barbarians seemed to know the inside story and began to attack the defense line like crazy a year ago.

The other side of the dock can no longer hold on, but Ding Beihou, an idiot who usually talks a lot of nonsense, is so frightened that he doesn't even dare to go into battle when he actually confronts the barbarians!

 Otherwise, they would not have the guts to admit their mistake and plead for mercy.

Jiayin saw the impatience in his adoptive father's expression and started to make a fuss.

 “Look at the lanterns, Fu Niu wants to look at the lanterns!”

Sure enough, the Marquis immediately stood up and coaxed in a gentle voice, "Okay, Niuniu, be good, I'll take you there now."

While talking, he went to help the old lady again.

The Marquis of Dingbei had been holding back his anger for a long time. Now when he saw Jiayin and the old lady wearing ordinary clothes, he directly blamed him: "Whose child is this? There are no rules like this. Let's talk about family and country." There is no room for you to interfere in such a big matter!"

Jiayin: What does a two- or three-year-old child know about family and country affairs and rules?

This is obviously an insinuation that the Marquis does not distinguish between public and private matters and does not worry about family and country affairs.

But before the Marquis could speak, the old lady got mad, "Who are you? Who gave you the right to scold my children! Does my children have any rules? What does it have to do with you? Spring has not arrived yet, and the grass is not green yet. , where did you come from?”

"Bold!" Marquis Dingbei didn't expect that an ordinary old lady could point at him and scold him. He was furious. "I am Marquis Dingbei, a high-ranking official of the court. You actually dare to insult me!"

The old lady stiffened her neck, showed no fear, and yelled back: "You are the Marquis of Dingbei, what's wrong? Our family is not your slaves in the Marquis of Dingbei's mansion, and we don't live by eating your rice, so why should we listen to you scolding us?" What a child! Besides, as the Marquis of Dingbei, why don't you act cruelly to the barbarians? How can you do this to a two-year-old child?

"If you dare to bully my granddaughter, I will carry the coffin to complain tomorrow. I would rather die in front of the palace than to make you Ding Beihou and become famous to the whole Tianwu. Then let the whole Tianwu see it, Ding The Northern Marquis pretends to be a grandson to the barbarians, but to the people of Tianwu he is an uncle!

“Bullying the weak and fearing the strong is a model for the world!”

The old lady went all out and shouted a series of words, which made Marquis Dingbei's face turn purple and several old men were also dumbfounded.

No one expected this old lady to be so powerful in battle!

The Marquis of Dingbei was scolded and wanted to take action, but he glanced at the Marquis of Xinting and did not dare. He could only say forcefully: "I don't want to see a shrew like you!"

After saying that, he turned around and left with a flick of his sleeves, as if he had saved the face he had lost.

The old men had no choice but to look at each other, then quickly handed over their hands and left dejectedly.

 The door of the house was closed, and the calmness as before was finally restored.

Jiayin’s big eyes were shining, she clapped her little hands and applauded her grandma vigorously, “Grandma is awesome, grandma is so amazing!”

Mr. Hou also smiled and said, "My aunt scolded me so well!"

However, the old lady's legs softened and she sat down on the stool. With trembling hands, she tugged at the collar of Mr. Hou's clothes and said fearfully: "Master Hou, my aunt didn't cause you any trouble, did she? Will the family be implicated? That's not the case. Mr. Hou, I was so angry just now that I couldn’t hold it back..."

The Marquis was so funny that he quickly comforted the old lady, "Auntie, have you forgotten that I am also a Marquis, and the Emperor is my cousin! Then the Marquis of Dingbei is just a showman, and can't compete with the powerful, so don't worry!"

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief, but she no longer had the energy to go down to play, so she said, "You can take Fu Niu down to play. I'll just sit here and watch the scenery."

"No, Fu Niu will accompany grandma." Jiayin hugged the old lady and acted coquettishly, her heart filled with joy.

 (End of this chapter)