While Fu Jun and Er Ye were having dinner, Mr. Kong Ling and several gentlemen were waiting for tea in the side hall. Yu Xiaozai whispered to Kong Ling: "Today, I just hope that everyone is in harmony, and don't spoil the mood of the mansion."
They were all sitting on the racecourse, and they could see clearly the battle of dragons and tigers just now. Fei Sheng had a great reputation among Jinyiwei, and he followed Shen Zechuan to make meritorious deeds. Huo Lingyun couldn't afford it.
Kong Ling covered his mouth with a handkerchief, put down his chopsticks, and said, "Since Fu-Jun hasn't opened his mouth, there will be no trouble. Don't underestimate Qiao Tianya, Fu-Jun loves him so much, he naturally has it. people's place."
Kong Ling figured out Shen Zechuan's thoughts most clearly, this Marseille was a rise, but the reward from the ruler was not. Before Fei Sheng, he had sacrificed his life to protect the ruler of the government. Later, he had the actual record of attacking Fanzhou with the army. Shen Zechuan would definitely use Fei Sheng in a more suitable place, but Shen Zechuan would not let Fei Sheng "independence". He had to mobilize at the same time. Qiao Tianya and Huo Lingyun made these three under their command an iron triangle that restrained each other. Today's Marseille was exactly what Fu Jun had expected.
Shen Zechuan separates his personal affairs from his official duties. From Jinyiwei to Liuzhou, he is quietly constructing a check and balance of martial arts. Shen Zechuan is not as strong and dazzling as Xiao Chiye when it comes to the matter of the emperor, but he always sits firmly at the top, holding everyone under his command in the palm of his hand, allowing them to achieve a delicate balance here.
Kong Ling thought of this and couldn't help but sigh.
Qi Huilian is really the emperor's teacher.
* * *
Shen Zechuan tapped the pieces and played against Xiao Chiye. They regained their interest in Yuan Zhuo's house last time, and now they are sitting here to eat.
"Qiao Tianya was unexpected," Xiao Chiye said. "I think he won't fight or rob in Cizhou, and I suspect that he has had an epiphany and is about to indifferent to the famous."
"I thought so too," Shen Zechuan flipped the ice-cold chess with his fingertips, "but life is full of opportunities, and there are bright lights."
Xiao Chiye propped up his knees, showing a respectful look to the mansion.
Shen Zechuan said, "Qiao Tianya is one of the acquaintances in Jinyiwei. When you arrest you in the Nanlin Hunting Ground, you can even mobilize Jinyiwei's waist card without authorization. Ji Lei's preferential treatment to him is evident. He relies on his guilt. He was able to overwhelm Fei Sheng when he was in the capital. The reason why he retreated in Ibaraki was because Yuan Zhuo hurt himself. But he wanted to retreat, but Yuan Zhuo pushed him back into the game. ."
Shen Zechuan hesitated about Huo Lingyun's whereabouts during the Fanzhou victory. At that time, Yao Wenyu proposed that Huo Lingyun be included in Jinyiwei. As long as Shen Zechuan agreed, he would have to use Qiao Tianya again, because Huo Lingyun couldn't suppress Fei Sheng in Jinyiwei.
"The two of them are a bit interesting," Xiao Chiye said, thinking of Master Yideng who had been missing for a long time, "Yuan Zhuo's depression is hard to heal..."
Shen Zechuan nodded slightly: "That's why Yuan Zhuo pushed Qiao Tianya back."
Xiao Chiye was silent for a moment and said, "Heaven is jealous of talents."
The atmosphere was a little dark, Shen Zechuan pushed the chess pieces against the candlelight, and said, "The medicine that Yuan Zhuo drinks can't cure it. The doctors come and go, and no one dares to give accurate words."
"The poison that Dancheng feeds is aimed at his life." Xiao Chiye threw the chess piece between his fingers into the chess box, "After October last year, I can no longer find Master Yideng. I am in Dajing. I asked the master, and the master said he didn’t know. When the master left the realm, he clearly said that he would go back to see the big brother after the new year, but now it’s almost three months, and I haven’t seen anyone.”
Xiao Chiye's heart disease was on Shen Zechuan's body. Now, seeing Yao Wenyu's weakness, he couldn't help feeling like his lips were dead and his teeth were cold. He got up and pushed aside the chessboard, regardless of the jumbled pieces on the table, and stubbornly touched Shen Zechuan's cheek.
"April at the latest," Xiao Chiye said in a deep voice, with his eyes close to Shen Zechuan, "I will find the master even if I dig three feet into the ground."
* * *
Lanterns hang high in the office compound, and the slate is spotless. This yard was newly chosen. A few years ago, it was the yard for officials in the Duanzhou Yamen to rest on their errands. Now it is empty for Jinyiwei to run an errand, and several rooms have been drilled to make the main hall.
Fei Sheng stepped on the stool with one foot and sat in it to eat wine. Surrounded by a few brothers, he messed up the appetizers and glanced out.
Huo Lingyun squatted on the steps with his back to them, and was eating dry food with cold water. Halfway through his meal, a Cuju suddenly flew by the side, hitting his water bladder. The water bladder fell to the ground and wet the corners of his robe. He swallowed the dry food in his mouth and turned to look.
Jin Yiwei under the tree smiled at him and said, "It's dark in the courtyard, I can't see clearly."
Huo Lingyun stretched out his arms to pick up the Cuju and got up to wipe his mouth.
Jin Yiwei teased Huo Lingyun and said, "I'll call one or two, throw it back to me—"
The man's voice fell, and Huo Ling threw the Cuju out. The ball flew over the wall and disappeared in an instant.
Huo Lingyun rubbed the snow and replied, "It's dark in the courtyard, I can't see clearly."
Fei Sheng picked up the vegetables to eat, but without looking back, several Jin Yiwei around him all stood up. The one on the opposite side crossed the branch, came and bumped into Huo Lingyun, and scolded with a smile: "Damn, throw it so far, you pick it up."
One of the lanterns in the courtyard suddenly went out, and it was dark here. Huo Lingyun felt that he had been punched in the stomach, he rolled up his sleeves, followed by a punch. The steps slipped, and several people tripped over him, making his punch empty. The next moment, Huo Lingyun was overturned to the ground, he covered his head and took a few more blows.
Qiao Tianya stepped in from the gate of the courtyard, without lifting his robe, he kicked one, and scolded coldly, "Get up for me!"
"What's going on?" Fei Sheng moved his buttocks and looked down the steps with a calm expression, "Why is there so much trouble here?"
Huo Lingyun was still covering his head, and he was kicked all over his body with shoe prints. He spat blood from the gap between his arms, and a carp stood up straight.
Qiao Tianya looked at Fei Sheng, and Fei Sheng said, "I didn't listen to the movement, Xiao Huo, why didn't you call me?"
Huo Lingyun's mouth was full of ice balls, and he spat out a few more mouths, ignoring Fei Sheng at all.
"A few years ago, when we received the waist card," Qiao Tianya tore off the waist card of Jin Yiwei in front of him and held it up for everyone in the hospital to see, he raised his voice, "I told the fuck that we must work together and be brothers. - Discard all!"
Jin Yiwei in the courtyard did not dare to hesitate, raised his hand and took off his waist card neatly.
Jin Yiwei's waist badge is a status symbol, and it must be kept carefully at ordinary times, even if it is borrowed. They wore waist cards in the capital, and they wore waist cards with Shen Zechuan in Zhongbo. The waist cards were their own faces.
"Throw it," Qiao Tianya threw the waist card to his feet, kicked it away without looking at it, and looked around at everyone, "Do you keep it for practice? Throw it away!"
Jin Yiwei threw his waist card on the ground, not daring to look directly at Qiao Tianya. They bowed their heads and stood on the edge like clay sculptures and wood carvings.
Fei Sheng's smile faded, wiping the corners of his lips, and said, "You're going too far, aren't you? You can't sit down and talk about anything, you have to throw everyone's faces on the ground and step on them."
"Whose face did you step on?" Qiao Tianya asked Fei Sheng, "Is it yours?"
Fei Sheng's anger suddenly surged high, and he stood up with a bang and said, "He stepped on my face today? He clearly stepped on me! What's the matter, I, Fei Lao Shi, deserve to be done to others. Stepping stone? You Qiao Tianya are also good!"
Qiao Tianya said, "Go out."
The Jin Yiwei in the courtyard immediately retreated, leaving only the three of them.
Fei Sheng threw the chopsticks in his hand into the wine glass, and his unwillingness burned with anger. He raised his foot and kicked the table, turned and pointed at Huo Lingyun, and said, "Does it feel good to step on me, eh? The limelight is about to come out, the master's reward is to be robbed, and you have to take my old man's military exploits ahead of you, this is really a big heart!" He pointed at Qiao Tianya again, and said in a cold voice, "Have you settled with him? ?"
"Yeah," Qiao Tianya was turning around, "even if it's against you."
The candlelight in the hall was bright, Fei Sheng was standing inside, Huo Lingyun was standing outside in the dark, Qiao Tianya stepped on the black and white boundary, blocking both sides a little. The dark crow in the snow top of the old tree called a few times, Fei Sheng's chest heaved, and he suddenly took a few steps closer.
"I'm here to give my life to follow the master, and you're messing with me with a new son of a bitch!" Fei Sheng pointed to himself, his eyes flushed with hatred, "I opened the gate to Dudu, Dunzhou. Fuxianding is guarded by me, and Fanzhou was defeated by me and the old man! Why can't I be in this position, why do you have to be you, Qiao Tianya?! I still treat you as my own brother!"
Qiao Tianya took a step closer and said, "Take me as a real brother and say I'm plotting against you? I told you a long time ago, don't put your mind here all day long, it's yours that can't escape!"
Fei Sheng said immediately, "Shouldn't this position be mine!"
The night crow on the top of the snow suddenly flew, and the remaining lanterns swayed in the courtyard, pushing the shadows on the ground to and fro. In the tense atmosphere, Fei Sheng slammed away Qiao Tianya, went down the steps a few steps, ignored the shouting, and walked straight outside.
He can't last a moment!
Fei Sheng left the compound and asked no one. He ate a lot of wine, walked against the wall, slipped a few times, and knocked his forehead blue. He suddenly squatted at the base of the wall, suffocatingly wiped his eyes, and didn't know who he was scolding, "Fuck..."
Fei Shengjiu woke up a little, he blew his nose, and someone in front of him was blowing his nose. Fei Sheng stood up in fright and saw a head popping out in front of him.
Yin Chang folded his sleeve, leaned forward and waited for him, smacked his lips a few times, and said, "Why are you crying?"
Fei Sheng saw the old man clearly, but did not move, just stood there and said nothing.
"Let's go," Yin Chang urged lightly, stomping his numb feet, "find a place to drink, it's so cold here!"
Fei Sheng refused to do so, and he was also arrogant when he was stubborn, and there was still fire in his heart.
Yin Chang rubbed his arms and said, "I just knocked a tooth, why are you still angry with others?"
Fei Sheng threw away the handkerchief, his face was cloudy and uncertain, and finally forced a smile and said, "What am I mad at them for?"
Yin Chang probed and looked at Fei Sheng's expression. The lantern in front couldn't shine here, Fei Sheng stood with his head sullen, don't let the old man see it at first.
Yin Chang was so cold that he took a small step and said, "If you give him that position, I will give it to him. I look at you and you are amazing! Gu Jin is so good at it, you can compare with him in our Zhongbo, Qiao Tianya. I don't have the ability. We still have a future, so we have to fight with people here? Be careful to call the Fujun to see you and scold you for being careful."
Fei Sheng's heart jumped up.
Yin Chang ignored it, and continued: "You pressed Huo Lingyun so tightly, it's not right, can this convince the public? There is also the Dengzhou garrison in the Jinyiwei! Isn't it cold in people's hearts? What is the commander doing? Is it? To be in charge of the army, I don't have any tools, can this position be given to you?"
Fei Sheng choked: "Just Qiao Tianya's line, Qiao Tianya's ability!"
"Ren Qiao Tianya really has this ability." Yin Chang said "Hey" and went around to the other side of Fei Sheng. The old man was short, and standing in front of Fei Sheng was several heads short, and said, "Look at him, he didn't rob you in Cizhou, but his prestige is still there. Did he persuade you not to press Huo Lingyun like that? Well, Don't talk! I know, you want to say that you didn't press Huo Lingyun, but have you arranged Jin Yiwei's errand? No."
Fei Sheng said, "I'm his old mother? I'm in charge of eating, drinking, and Lazard!"
Yin Chang jumped up and hit him, saying, "You bastard, why are you not enlightened! You know what you did, and you know best!" After that, he pushed Fei Sheng, "Let's go!"
Fei Sheng was pushed and staggered.
Yin Chang kicked his ass and cursed, "If you were my son, I would kick you!"
Fei Sheng was pulling on his dirty robe and turned his head angrily, "I have a fucking father!"
"Show me the way! If you want this position so much, I'll go to the palace tomorrow, and I'll come back and see if you're ashamed!" Yin Chang took a few steps and said, "I still have more. Son!"
Fei Sheng had never heard of it, Yin Chang was in Cizhou, and he didn't mention it to anyone.
"If my son is alive, he will be the same age as you."
Fei Sheng was bored for a while, then suddenly asked, "Then why did you die?"
Yin Chang stepped on the snow and squeaked, and with the stars above his head, he was finally able to see the road clearly. He shrank his neck and said, "I starved to death."
Fei Sheng leaned against the wall, not daring to talk to the old man any more.
Yin Chang was in the market when he was young. He was born in a low-ranking family. He didn't know any other crafts, and he never went to school. At that time, the naturalization of the Yellow Book promoted by Qi Huilian only arrived in Cizhou, and Yin Chang rushed into the garrison with the last loophole and stayed there for thirty years. He spent his days in the garrison. Although he was illiterate, he had a good grasp of the terrain. As he boasted to Fei Sheng, as long as he was in Zhongbo, he would never go wrong with his eyes closed. Ordinary bandits were not his opponents at all.
Yin Chang didn't want to mention his wife and children, because they all starved to death in Xian Denian, which was the beginning of Yin Chang's alcoholism. He looked back on his past and thought that he was like mud under his feet, and he had never been successful in his life.
"You follow Fujun, you have a future, and you have more prospects than me." Yin Chang looked at the road under his feet, "Xiaosheng, people have to walk steadily in this life, and it is impossible to just look up. You know better than me. , the more wise the master of Shenwu is, the harder it is to serve, the lord can't be fooled, and he can't hide his thoughts. Don't the lord know your temperament? Didn't he keep you by his side and use it? That's because of you You are talented. You stare at Qiao Tianya and Huo Lingyun, but they are all different from you. You are a smart fool, don't be angry with them for this, it will ruin your friendship with Fu Jun, and you will be delayed in the future. future.”
Hearing this, Fei Sheng felt even more aggrieved. He walked ahead and wiped his face.
Fei Sheng's father was the concubine of the Fei family. When he arrived in Fei Sheng, he couldn't even touch the side of Helianhou of the family. His father is a good bet. If he hadn't died early, he probably wouldn't have been able to keep the position of Jinyiwei. Fei Sheng had been with many people. At first, in order to have a relationship with Helian Hou, he carried a sedan chair in front of the young Hou Ye, Fei Shi, and later followed Han Cheng, and was called to and fro as if he were a son.
He is not a gentleman, he is nothing, he just wants to get ahead.
The old man said, "You don't look down on Huo Lingyun, but I heard that he also has a good background. His father is a bandit, and it is not easy to live. Don't always get along with others."
Fei Sheng said, "He robbed you of your military exploits!"
"Give it to him," Yin Chang walked behind Fei Sheng, looked up at Fei Sheng's back when Fei Sheng didn't know it, and said after a long time, "How many years can I live? It's useless to hold it. "
Fei Sheng was still young, tall and strong.
Yin Chang stopped unknowingly. It seemed that he could only go here. Even if he didn't obey the old, he couldn't catch up with the younger generation. Moving forward is another world. He watched Fei Sheng continue along this road for a long while.
"Xiaosheng, the old man is useless, he didn't even support his son in this life, but you believe me, I think you have to live to be a hundred years old, and you will retire! You go forward," Yin Chang paused for a moment, then suddenly shouted Get up, "Go ahead!"
Fei Sheng looked back at Yin Chang and felt that the old man's eyes were strange. He has never been watched by his father in his life, so he doesn't understand the expectations behind this look. But he stopped and said, "You too."
Yin Chang laughed inexplicably. He stroked his messy white hair, showing a vicissitudes of life, and said, "I'm old."
Jin Yiwei didn't make trouble after all. Fei Sheng knew the measure even if he wasn't happy. When he gave Shen Zechuan the medicine the next day, he heard Shen Zechuan ask, "Have you eaten alcohol?"
Fei Sheng didn't look up at himself when he saw that the manor was still approving the case, as if he was asking casually. He was confused and couldn't figure out what Shen Zechuan meant, so he could only answer truthfully: "...I drank a little last night."
Shen Zechuan handed over the approved case to Fei Sheng and said, "Go to the police station by yourself and pay the fine."
It wasn't Fei Sheng's rotation yesterday, so he couldn't figure it out, he took over the case cautiously: "It wasn't yesterday..."
"Didn't I ask you to do the recruitment?" Shen Zechuan finally raised his eyes to look at Fei Sheng, "The roster hasn't been submitted yet, this errand is not over yet."
Fei Sheng was stunned at first, then overjoyed. Holding the case, he knelt down with a bang, and said, "Master wise, I'll finish this matter right away!"
The commander of the Jinyi Cavalry gave it to Qiao Tianya. Fei Sheng thought that his previous errands would also be handed over to Qiao Tianya to take over. This was the most important task of auditing the recruitment.
Shen Zechuan moved his neck slightly and glanced at the window. It was a sunny day in Duanzhou near March, and the snow in the courtyard had almost melted. The thin light filtered through the window paper, reflected on his right ear, and shone a little gorgeous but tiny light around his neck.
Xiao Chiye was standing in the courtyard when he received new news from Gujin.