Looking back at the situation on Zhang Xutuo's side, Zhang Xutuo left Mulan alone after the tent was disbanded, and then called Mulan to the back hall alone. He was not broad-minded enough, and complained that Mulan should not refuse his arrangement to go to Qiao County to help Chen Yingliang train cavalry. Mulan lowered her head and let Zhang Xutuo reprimand her, until Zhang Xutuo complained that she shouldn't refuse to go to Qiao County, Mulan replied, "Marshal, I'm not narrow-minded if I don't go to Qiao County. Hate to leave you."
"Girl, the old man arranged you to go to Qiao County, really just to help Chen Yingliang train cavalry?" Zhang Xutuo suddenly smiled, and said: "What purpose does the old man arrange you to go to Qiao County, you little girl really Don’t know, or pretend not to know?”
Mulan blushed a little, murmured for a while, and then replied: "I don't know, I don't need to worry about my affairs."
"The old man has to worry about it." Zhang Xutuo said with a smile: "Since I accidentally found out that you are a girl last time, and found out that you joined the army on behalf of your father, the old man has always treated you as a granddaughter. Since you are the old man's Granddaughter, how can I not worry about your affairs?"
Mulan didn't say a word, her face turned even redder, while Zhang Xutuo patted her on the head, and said with a gentle smile: "I can see that you care about that kid Chen Yingliang very much, and that kid is indeed a nice guy. Treacherous and cunning, greedy for life and afraid of death, but actually kind-hearted, caring for the people, responsible and responsible, never giving in when things happen, using all his ingenuity on the right path, and served as the governor of a county at a young age, The future is limitless, such a child is hard to find even with a lantern, if you miss it, it will be a pity for the old man, who is a grandfather."
Mulan showed a shy expression for the first time, and lowered her head almost into her arms, while Zhang Xutuo patted her on the head again, and said gently: "Be obedient, I will arrange this for you, and I will mention it to Chen Yingliang tonight." Let me just say that you have figured it out and agreed to go to Qiao County to help him train cavalry. Then you go to Qiao County with him, get in touch with him more, and if you are satisfied, tell him your real identity, and then the old man will come forward to match you up You, if you are really dissatisfied, then come back after training and pretend that this has never happened. Girl, do you understand?"
After shyly hesitating for a long time, Mulan finally nodded, and Zhang Xutuo also showed a gratified smile, but at this moment, the voice of Zhang Xutuo's own soldiers suddenly came out from outside the hall, "Chen Tongshou, you can't force your way, The commander-in-chief is discussing the military situation with General Hua, and he has ordered no one to disturb him, so I can only inform you... Chen Tongshou, wait, wait."
At the same time, there was the sound of the door being pushed open. Immediately afterwards, Chen Yingliang barged in, followed by Qin Qiong and Yang Wang. Mulan turned around in fright, her heart was beating wildly, and Zhang Xutuo was also taken aback. Jump, quickly asked: "What's the matter? Is there any urgent military situation? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"The old general misunderstood, there is no urgent military situation." Chen Yingliang shook his head and waved his hands, then immediately changed into an extremely flattering smile, nodded and bowed and said: "Old general, this junior has a small request, please consider it for the sake of your colleagues. Be sure to agree."
"What request?" Zhang Xutuo was taken aback, then overjoyed, and quickly asked: "Or do you want to borrow someone from the old man to go to Qiao County to train cavalry?"
"No, no." Zhang Xutuo and Mulan were greatly disappointed by Chen Yingliang's quick answer, and then Chen Yingliang said with a playful smile: "I just want to ask you for an official document, so that I can go to Jibei County for business, no matter what , even if it’s to scout out thieves for you, as long as the younger generation can go north to Jibei County legally and reasonably.”
"Jibei County?" Zhang Xutuo was even more confused, and asked suspiciously: "For no reason, you, the general guard of Qiao County, why do you think of going to Jibei County?"
"It's like this." Chen Yingliang hurriedly talked about Qin Qiong's recommendation of Cheng Yaojin to him, and then hurriedly said: "Old general, you also know that this junior is now the general guard of Qiao County. If you have no business, just run away like this." If you go to Jibei County, you will leave your post without permission. If the official censor finds out, you will definitely be impeached on the table, so this junior has no choice but to ask you to help me and give me an official document so that I can legally Go north."
"It turned out to be like this." Zhang Xutuo suddenly realized, and asked Qin Qiong if there was such a thing, Zhang Xutuo said: "Chen Tongshou, do you need to go north in person for such a small matter? Send someone to bring some gifts It’s enough to recruit that Cheng Yaojin with the letter, why do you need to go to Dongping County yourself?”
"Others are not sure about going, this junior has to go in person." Chen Yingliang hurriedly explained: "If a hero like Cheng Yaojin Cheng Cheng only sends envoys to solicit letters, he may not agree. Only the junior will go to Dongping County in person to visit Only for him can he understand the junior’s sincerity in seeking talents, and only then can he be more confident in inviting Cheng Yaojin to serve in Qiao County.”
"For a Cheng Yaojin, are you worth all this trouble?" Zhang Xutuo became confused again, and reminded: "Chen Tongshou, I want to remind you first, you haven't seen this Cheng Yaojin before, how can you do it?" Are you sure that he is a great general and worthy of reuse? There are so many people in the world who have earned their reputations, how can you be sure that this Cheng Yaojin is not a person whose name is too high?"
"This..." Chen Yingliang was a little embarrassed, and then immediately found an excuse, and said plausibly: "The younger generation has never seen Cheng Yaojin, but the younger generation trusts General Qin Qiongqin, since he gave Cheng Yaojin a very high evaluation, If you think he is a general, then this junior believes that this Cheng Yaojin must be a general and can be entrusted with important tasks, so this junior must visit him personally and invite him to serve the court."
Looking at Mulan with a bad look out of the corner of his eye, Zhang Xutuo spread his hands and said, "Chen Tongshou, I don't care who you plan to recruit, but I'm sorry, I can't help you with this task. Don't forget, This old man is not concurrently in charge of Qiao County, according to the laws of the imperial court, he has no right to issue orders to you, let alone give you any official documents to let you go to Jibei for business."
"This..." Chen Yingliang was a little dumbfounded, and finally realized that under his excitement, he had forgotten that Zhang Xutuo had no right to let him go north to Jibei County legally. But Chen Yingliang couldn't be bothered. After a little calculation, Chen Yingliang immediately said, "Old General, is there any large bandit army in Jibei County? Would you like me to lead the army north to help you eradicate the bandit?" ?”
"Ha!" Zhang Xutuo laughed, and said, "Chen Tongshou, your ability to take advantage of the court's decrees is really excellent. But it's a pity that your luck is not good. Jibei County got a few shares last year. The thieves, among them, the two groups of thieves, Han Jinluo and Zhen Baoche, were a little big, but they were immediately suppressed by the Jibei government army and the old man, and killed all the thieves. This year Jibei County has always been relatively peaceful, and it happens that there are no major thieves."
Chen Yingliang's small face suddenly stretched longer than a donkey, and he was dejected and just complained about his bad luck, while Qin Qiong next to him comforted him: "Chen Tongshou, you don't need to be in such a hurry, why don't you, I will write for you later. Send a letter to Cheng Yaojin, explain to him your sincerity in seeking talents, and then you send someone to bring your letter to Jinbei to find Cheng Yaojin, and hand the letter to him, it should be almost done.”
"Not necessarily sure." Chen Yingliang shook his head sadly, and said, "Didn't you just say that Cheng Yaojin is a wealthy local family, and he has organized a villager to guard the village. He must consider the safety of his clan and fellow villagers, and he may not be able to." Promise to come down south and join me, unless I go there in person, hope and confidence will be greater.”
Qin Qiong nodded, admitted that Chen Yingliang's analysis was good, and said, "Chen Tongshou, even though you said that, since you can't go north in person, you can only try by letter. If it doesn't work, you can find another way."
Chen Yingliang nodded sullenly, sighed and chose to settle for the next best thing, while Zhang Xutuo glanced at Mulan again, seeing that she looked a little gloating, Zhang Xutuo couldn't help but smiled, and hurriedly took the opportunity to say to Chen Yingliang: "Chen Tongshou, about About the training of cavalry by the officers and soldiers of Qiao County, old man..."
"Report!"
The sudden emergency call interrupted Zhang Xutuo's words, and a soldier knelt on one knee outside the hall and clasped his fists and played: "I report to Ambassador Zhang that an imperial court angel has arrived, saying that there is an imperial decree for Chen Tong of Qiao County." Shou, please Chen Tongshou go out immediately to receive the order."
After playing, the soldier added: "Chen Tongshou, the court angel asked the villain to bring you a message. Please prepare money for the wedding. He wants to congratulate you. Congratulations on your promotion again."
"I've been promoted again?" Chen Yingliang was dumbfounded again, and blurted out, "How is that possible? I'm already the prefect of Qiao County, how can I be promoted? Could it be to transfer Xu Minlian away and let me be the prefect of Qiao County?"
The soldiers shook their heads and said they didn't know, but Yang Wang patted Chen Yingliang on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Stinky boy, the old man is right, right? The old man just said that you will surpass me sooner or later. It has only been a few days, and it has come true." Come on, don't even think about running away from this wedding banquet. Don't be dazed, go and receive the order."
Nodding with a blank expression, Chen Yingliang hurried out to receive the imperial decree, Yang Wang, Zhang Xutuo and the others followed curiously, but when he got to the hall in front of him, there was indeed an imperial official sitting in the hall, Chen Yingliang took a closer look and found that the envoy was still somewhat familiar, as if he had met him somewhere, after the court official introduced himself, Chen Yingliang remembered that this guy was called He Wei, official secretary Lang, and he used to be with him in Daxing have met before. And He Wei was not polite, as soon as we met, he reached out to Chen Yingliang for the wedding money. Chen Yingliang smiled bitterly and said, "Secretary He, of course I have the happy money, but my camp is still outside the city. You have to wait a moment and finish the announcement first." How about we discuss Xiqian again?"
"No!" He Wei likes to joke a little, and pretended to be angry and said: "Chen Tongshou, you are too bad at being a man. The officials who have traveled thousands of miles from Zhuojun came here to deliver the decree to you, so they arrived first. Only then did Qiao Jun know that you were here, and he rushed here to announce the decree and congratulate you, but you didn’t even have a single gift for the congratulations. I’m so sorry for traveling thousands of miles. This road is still so dangerous. None of the eunuchs in front of you dared to come, but the lower officials volunteered to serve as imperial envoys to pass the decree, and took the risk to congratulate you, if there is no money for the congratulations today, I will not announce the imperial decree!"
Zhang Xutuo, who is an upright official, changed his face a little bit, while Chen Yingliang smiled wryly, and hurried to touch the purse. Fortunately, he found a piece of gold that was put in the purse at an unknown time, and then stuffed it into He Wei's hand, and said with an apologetic smile: "He Forgive me, Secretary, it is really too late to prepare, please take the money for this tea, Secretary He, and Bo Yi will bring it to you later."
He Wei was just joking with Chen Yingliang. After receiving the gold, of course he smiled happily, and immediately cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations to Deputy Envoy Chen, congratulations to Deputy Envoy Chen, great joy to Deputy Envoy, the emperor has a decree to seal you as the deposed governor of the Twelve Counties of Henan Province The Deputy Envoy has been arrested!"
"Twelve Counties of Henan Province depose Zhizhi to arrest the deputy envoy?!" Yang Wang was the first to scream, dumbfounded, and his mind was suddenly at a loss. In his own head, he still has the right to issue orders to himself, the former president of the National University.
Zhang Xutuo was also dumbfounded, but when he came back to his senses, Zhang Xutuo immediately showed a smile on his face again, and said with a ferocious smile: "Okay! This time, if the old man gives orders to someone, that person will have no excuses anymore." I can't dodge it!"
The most dumbfounded person was Chen Yingliang himself, after finally recovering, Chen Yingliang immediately grabbed He Wei's sleeve and said nervously: "Secretary He, please tell me the truth, this official position was decided by the emperor himself? Who else recommended it?"
He Wei glanced at Zhang Xutuo and Yang Wang in embarrassment, and then He Wei attached himself to Chen Yingliang's ear, and said in a low voice: "I heard that Uncle Xiao Guo recommended you to the Holy Majesty in private. Not sure. Besides, I heard that Prime Minister Pei tried his best to oppose His Majesty's appointment, but failed."
"Uncle Xiao Guo?" Chen Yingliang's heart was shocked, and he suddenly realized that it was his enemy who was playing tricks behind his back again. He used Zhang Xutuo's hand to hold his elbow, and also borrowed the help of the numerous bandits in the twelve counties of Henan Province to catch him. My own handle, as long as I make a slight mistake on the counter-insurgency battlefield, it will definitely be that impeachment memorials are flying all over the sky, and black guns and hidden arrows will come together.
As an imperial official who accompanied him to the north, He Wei certainly knew that Chen Yingliang belonged to Pei Ju, and also knew that Pei Ju's objection to Emperor Sui Yang's promotion of Chen Yingliang must have the party's considerations, so he patted Chen Yingliang on the shoulder and said in a low voice: " The Deputy Envoy should not worry too much, Prime Minister Pei used the excuse that the Tongji Canal water transportation was related to the success or failure of the three expeditions to Goguryeo, and the food supply in the two capitals, and urged the Holy Majesty to agree to let you still take the post of Qiaojun General Guard."
Hearing He Wei's words, Chen Yingliang heaved a sigh of relief, knowing that he could still keep the private land in Qiaojun from being controlled by Zhang Xutuo, but when he thought that he was about to be like Zhang Xutuo, he would fight against the rebellion every day and night. Tired of running around, tired of running around, he still had to accept Zhang Xutuo's bird spirit, and carried out his dangerous order of fighting head-on decisive battles at every turn. Chen Yingliang was inevitably frowning, and kept scolding Xiao Yu's wickedness in his heart, but he came up with such a vicious idea. Take revenge on yourself.
Chen Yingliang was frowning, but Zhang Xutuo was laughing. After listening to the imperial decree of Emperor Sui Yang, Zhang Xutuo was still a little bit dissatisfied with Chen Yingliang still holding the post of Qiaojun General Guard. Holding Chen Yingliang's shoulder and laughing, he said: "Vice Envoy Chen, the Son of Heaven, Shengming, I have arranged a young hero like you as my deputy, and the old man is finally much more relaxed. Don't worry, although you will have to listen to the old man's orders in the future, But the old man will definitely take good care of you, will take good care of you."
Laughing and slapping, Zhang Xutuo used all his strength to slap Chen Yingliang's small body. Chen Yingliang was even more frowning, so he had to pay Zhang Xutuo a salute to the superior, and then escaped. Zhang Xutuo's deliberate revenge.
"Vice Envoy Chen, congratulations." Mulan also gave Chen Yingliang a very rare smile, and said with a half-smile: "This time, when the last general passes orders on behalf of the commander-in-chief, I finally don't have to worry about being rejected by the envoy. "
Chen Yingliang's face became even more sad, but at the same time he was depressed, Chen Yingliang suddenly remembered the important event just now, and hurriedly said: "Ambassador Zhang, since I am now the Deputy Envoy of the Twelve Counties for Arrest, then I will Now it is legal and reasonable to go north to Jibei County, right?"
"Of course." Zhang Xutuo said with a smile: "From now on, as long as there is no combat arrangement by the old man, no one can control you wherever you like to go in the twelve counties of Henan Province. There is also."
Knowing that Chen Yingliang was afraid of being his deputy, and really hoped that the talented Chen Yingliang would share the huge pressure for him, Zhang Xutuo gave Chen Yingliang some sweet dates, and added: "Also, as long as it doesn't conflict with the old man's order, You also have the right to issue orders to the Qi County generals under the old man's command, and they cannot disobey."
"Very good." Chen Yingliang gritted his teeth, and said to himself, what will happen to him in the future, first get the talents and strengthen my team! After nodding, Chen Yingliang immediately turned to Qin Qiong, and ordered: "General Qin Qiong, as the Deputy Envoy of the Twelve Counties, I order you to prepare your luggage immediately, and follow me to Jibei County to invite Cheng Yaojin, a martyr from Jibei, to join us." Officer team!"
"No." Qin Qiong agreed without hesitation, showing the good demeanor of a professional soldier.
"Don't worry." Zhang Xutuo interrupted Chen Yingliang's arrangement, and said calmly: "What's the rush? Shubao was already very tired after fighting all night last night. Let him rest for a night, so you can rest for a night and put the guards on the guard. Received the seal or something, attended the celebration banquet, it will not be too late to go to Jibei tomorrow."
Chen Yingliang agreed, but Zhang Xutuo said, "You must go to Jibei. I won't stop you. It's good to know the situation in the northern counties by the way, but you must also pay attention to safety. How about this? Tomorrow Mulan and Qin Qiong will bring a hundred Jingqi, accompany you on the road, let them protect your safety."
"Ambassador, I took Qin Qiong and Mulan away, so what should you do?" Chen Yingliang asked worriedly.
"It's okay, the war is over. There are grain and houses here, just enough for the old man to rest here for a few days, and also clean up the waste in Jiyin County by the way." Zhang Xutuo waved his hand and ordered: "Go quickly!" Come back, the old man is here waiting for you to come back to discuss the counter-insurgency matter."