Xu Jin found out that Chu Chun was still carrying a food box, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Chu Chun, what are you carrying?" ”

Chu Chun pursed his lips and smiled, opened the lid of the food box, Xu Jin took a look through the light of the torch, and found that there were ten green-backed yellow crabs neatly stacked in the food box, all of which were tied into zongzi with water weeds, and each one was the size of a child's fist, estimated to weigh four or five taels, and couldn't help blurting out: "This is ...... Hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake? ”

Chu Xia said with a smile: "When I was in Suzhou, Miss Cuiqiao learned that the old man was greedy for this, so some time ago, I specially asked Luo Yuanwai to catch a batch of Yangcheng Lake crabs from Suzhou and send them to Hangzhou, the largest of these ten were left for the master, and the rest went into our stomachs." ”

It turned out that when Xu Jin stayed in Suzhou, he accidentally mentioned to Wang Cuiqiao and others that Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs were delicious, but it was only June at that time, and it was not a good time to eat crabs. It is said that Kunshan County, Suzhou Prefecture, where Yangcheng Lake is located, has also been plundered by the Japanese invaders, and the canal along the way from Suzhou to Hangzhou is not very peaceful, so it is not easy to get a batch of hairy crabs from Yangcheng Lake.

Xu Jin couldn't help but be greatly moved, and gently held Wang Cuiqiao's soft twing, the latter bowed his head abruptly, but his heart was sweet and greasy.

Lai Yi waited for Xu Jin and the girls to be almost warm, and then took out the holy decree and coughed lightly: "Lord Xu, listen to the decree." ”

Due to the current conditions, the incense case was exempted, and Xu Jin knelt directly on the ground to receive the order. Lai Yi slowly opened the bright yellow scroll embroidered with two five-clawed golden dragon patterns, and read aloud: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: Rewarding meritorious and virtuous people is the work of the imperial court. At the beginning of the year, Jing Anbo Xu Jin was ordered to patrol Zhejiang, clear the fields, work diligently, and achieved remarkable results...... Reform the case, hoe the evil and eliminate the traitor, the thief, and the great achievements. Hereby into the title of Jing'an Hou, 1,200 stone years old, raided for the first generation. Chin this. ”

This decree details the exploits made by Xu Jin since he went south to Zhejiang at the beginning of the year, such as the remarkable achievements of the land in Qingzhang; For example, the extermination of the pirates of Dongsha Island, the capture of the remnant of the White Lotus Shi Haoran, the giant thief Xu Weixue, and the Japanese Emperor Da Nei Zong; Another example is the victory outside Ningbo Mansion to capture and kill 9,000 thieves and so on. In the end, Xu Jin's title was awarded from Jing'an Bojin to Jing'an Marquis, with an annual salary of 1,200 stones, and was allowed to inherit the first generation.

After two years, the lord entered the marquis of Jing'an from the earl of Jing'an, and the two little cabbages in early spring and early summer are naturally happy, and Wang Cuiqiao is no exception.

"The minister's decree is grateful, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Xu Jin raised his hands above the top and solemnly accepted the holy decree.

After Father-in-law Lai issued the holy decree, he stepped forward with a smile and congratulated: "Congratulations to the Hou Ye, congratulations to the Hou Ye, before our family was ordered to leave Beijing, the emperor had already enshrined the Yongxiu County Lord as the three-grade edict, and the two Mrs. Xu were enshrined as the five-grade edict. It's really the emperor's grace, envy others! ”

Xu Jin frowned imperceptibly, this is indeed the emperor's grace, but as the so-called fine water can flow for a long time, cooking oil with fire may not be a good thing, after all, the benefits are more, and the more people will want to fix you.

Now is obviously not a good time to get together, after Xu Jin received the holy decree, he had a few simple greetings with Lai Yi, and then asked Jinyiwei to escort Lai Yi and the girls back to Ningbo Mansion overnight.

There are two flowers, one on each branch. Let's say that Wang Lin'er and Qi Jingtong led the main force of the 500 battalion to chase all the way for nearly ten miles, and then stopped the pursuit, after all, it was a long-distance rush to help, and the horsepower was not enough, otherwise with Qi Jingtong's brave character, it is estimated that he would have been killed until Yuyao County.

It is said that Xu Hai led a total of 2,000 thieves to pursue Lai Yi and others, and paid the price of hundreds of casualties when besieging the hillside, and then was chased and beaten by 500 battalions, and the thieves fled to death, and finally General Xu fled back to Yuyao County with only a few 300 personal soldiers, which was not an ordinary tragedy.

At this time, Xu Hai's number one horse, Hong Donggang, was still leading 8,000 thieves to launch a fierce attack on Yuyao County, and twenty Franc machine guns also came in handy, but from two o'clock in the afternoon to now, it has been more than two hours of strong attack, and still has not been able to take this small county town.

Although the four city gates of Yuyao County were bombarded by the Francophone cannon, it was useless, because Xie Qian was in the city, and the appeal of this old thing was really not built, and almost all the gentry and people in the city were mobilized by him to help defend the city.

Xu Hai saw that the city could not be broken for a long time, and he couldn't help but be as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and was worried that the cavalry of the 500 battalions would take the opportunity to attack from behind at night, for the sake of safety, Xu Hai finally ordered to stop the siege, and ordered Hong Donggang to collect troops to strengthen the battalion defense to prevent the 500 battalions from sneaking attack.

Originally, Xu Hai still had two choices, the first was to decisively abandon Yuyao County, immediately withdraw the whole army to the camp of Linshanwei, and join the two thousand left-behind thief troops there, however, Xu Hai was obviously unwilling to give up Yuyao County, which was close at hand. The second option is to immediately send troops to take the initiative to counterattack the 500 battalions, however, in the face of the 500 battalions with all cavalry and firearms, Xu Hai is indeed a little stunned, not to mention, it is very unwise to pursue the cavalry with infantry, even if he wins with more people, he will not be able to catch up with others in the end.

Therefore, Xu Hai chose a compromise method, strengthened the camp and waited for the arrival of the 500 battalions. Xu Hai expected that Xu Jin would definitely send troops to rescue Yuyao County, and if he didn't come, it would be better, then he could calmly eat Yuyao County.

As the so-called lying next to the couch, how can others be allowed to sleep soundly, Xu Jin naturally would not watch Xu Hai eat Yuyao County, so he did not retreat to Ningbo Fucheng, but ordered the 500 battalions to advance to a camp ten miles away from Yuyao County, and sent scouts to investigate, always grasp the movements of the thieves. At the same time, Xu Jin also sent messengers to Fenghua County overnight to mobilize Chang Guowei to rush back to help.

Originally, it would be faster to mobilize the Jiangxi Army and Shaoxing Wei to return for reinforcements, but the war in Dinghai County had reached the last moment, so Xu Jin did not plan to transfer them back, although the number of five hundred battalions was small, Xu Jin still had the confidence to drag Xu Hai.