Tantai Hu stood with his sword in hand. After listening to the soldier who communicated, he nodded, turned and entered the military tent. There were several Dunzhou soldiers in the tent, all of Tantai Hu's henchmen, smoking a cigarette inside.
"Your Majesty has an order," one of them asked. "Why is the general unhappy?"
"Fuck it, stop smoking, it's smoky!" Tantai Hu took off his knife and said, "Fu-Jun asked me to transfer troops to Beiyuan Campus."
A few soldiers saw that Tantaihu had a bad look and didn't dare to make trouble, and immediately extinguished the smoking gun. The young man who just spoke was with brown hair and was called Liu Kong. He was recruited from Fanzhou. He was usually very good at talking, so he got Tantai Tiger's blue eyes and followed Tantai Tiger's side.
Liu Kong opened the curtain to disperse the smell, walked over to Tantai Hu, and said with a smile: "The government is willing to use the general, but he didn't take Wang Xian's words to heart, and he still believed in the general."
"Fu Jun naturally believes in me." Tantai Hu put the knife on the table with a bang.
"Why is the general angry?"
"Fu Jun sent Yu Xiao to come to the army again, everyone is on the way, and they will be there the day after tomorrow," the scar on Tantai Hu's face twitched uncomfortably, "Second Master didn't have this rule before."
"The general is the second master's henchman," Liu Kong restrained his smirk, "It's not quite the same as Fu Jun at the moment."
Tantaihu's expression became even more solemn when he heard this. Since he was reprimanded by Xiao Chiye, he pleaded guilty to Shen Zechuan in Duanzhou, and returned to Dunzhou to subsidize the yamen. If there is no war in the spring of next year, his soldiers will have to help the Dunzhou Yamen farm. It's nothing, but he can't forget that day, always worried that Shen Zechuan will hate him because of it, and he won't use it in the future. When Shen Zechuan continued to use him, he sent a supervisor.
"General," Liu Kong lowered his voice, "Fujun is good at checks and balances, that is the way of the emperor. Master Yu Xiaozai Yu is a Liuzhou Niaotai, come to us, with great power, overwhelm the general, and the general will endure first. , When the second master comes back, he will have a place for the general to defend himself."
Tantaihu became more and more uneasy when he heard the words, and said, "Second Master is now devoted to the ruler of the government, and he will not listen to me. I'm just afraid that it will add fuel to the fire."
"The general is confused," Liu Kong advised Tantaihu. "The general was transferred to the Beiyuan school grounds by the lord to let the general guard Cizhou. The general is so brave, he will surely win a great victory. When the general wins the battle, The second master is naturally happy, and the general will mention to the second master about removing the Overseer, and the second master will definitely agree."
Tantai Hu was unsure in his heart and said, "When the second master comes back, I'm afraid it will be next year."
"That's not right, the safety of the six states is all tied to the general, what a credit this is!" Liu Kong continued to say, seeing Tantaihu's pale face, "Besides, when Yu Xiao comes back to the general, you don't have to be really afraid of him, he is The prefect, or Cen Yu's student of the prefectural court, who knows whether his loyalty to the mansion is true or not? Although the general does not treat the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but the war is imminent and you have to guard against it."
"Yu Jing..." Tantai Hu concluded for a while.
Yes, Yu Xiaozai was Cen Yu's student. He didn't go back to continue to be his official, but stayed in Zhongbo. Fu Jun trusts him so much, if he is a meticulous work sent by Qi Du, won't Fu Jun be in danger
"You're right," Tantai Hu looked at the knife on the table, "Second Master entrusted Liuzhou to me, I have to make sure that Fujun and Cizhou are safe, this battle can only be won but not defeated. Respect is different... I absolutely can't tolerate him!"
Liu Kong lit his cigarette for Tantai Hu, handed it over, and said, "I'll keep an eye on him for the general."
* * *
Xiao Chiye lay on the deserted beach with his arms pillowed, listening to the slap of the Chashi River, and silently counted the stars in front of him.
Lu Guangbai added a few sticks of firewood to the bonfire, turned his head to look at Jing Jing's left, and asked, "You brought the soldiers from the Huiyan tribe, and you want to talk to the six tribes of Amur?"
"I can't talk to Amur," Xiao Chiye glanced at Lu Guangbai, "The second master is invincible now, and he is the one who talks to me if he wants to talk."
"It's not long," Lu Guangbai said, "the tone is quite crazy."
"If it grows longer, it will be sky-high," Xiao Chiye said with a sigh of relief, "I'm tall enough."
"The sentry said that the Eagle Department stationed near Gedal has also retreated," Lu Guangbai picked up the taro in the ashes, "Amur is going to concentrate his forces in the depths of the desert to deal with us."
"Yeah," Xiao Chiye smelled the aroma of taro, and sat up suddenly, not afraid of being hot, and picked out a good-looking one, "Amur has put the whole army's focus on Hasen, now that Hasen is dead, the rest of the tribes Who would be willing to fight for him in a war zone."
"It can be seen that military rations are a problem for everyone," Lu Guangbai said. "Without Hasen, the Hulu Department will have to plan for themselves. Even if they don't follow Amur, they can return to the oasis by the Chiti Lake and continue to live—I haven't eaten yet. ."
Xiao Chiye and Lu Guangbai ate too fast to fight for the last taro, and they both gasped.
"It's the same with or without the Hulu clan," Xiao Chiye gasped lightly, "The oasis of the Hulu clan can't support Amur's six army, otherwise what would he be doing farming in Gedal? I want a quick fight."
"So is the deployment of soldiers," Lu Guangbai couldn't bear the heat, he put his hands on his knees and felt his tongue numb, "It's too hot."
Chen Yang came over with a bag in his hand, and seeing that there were no more taro in the fire, he threw the water bag to them, and with some expression, he said complicatedly: "My lord... There are more than a dozen cold ones lying there. What about here..."
Xiao Chiye drank cold water and returned to his normal state, saying: "Once Hassan died, the Serpent Clan will not be as good as before. If Amur wants to regain his prestige, he has to win a battle for the rest of the tribe to see. He wants to be the lord of the desert, and others I also think that the Serpent Division has been prestige in the desert for so many years, and now it has suffered heavy losses.
Lu Guangbai smiled clearly: "You are going back to the Yan clan to talk to the rest of the clan. You want to cut off his foreign aid when Amur concentrates his troops, and join forces with other clans to surround and destroy him."
"The Huiyan Department has benefited from the mutual market over the years," Xiao Chiye screwed up the water bladder, "It is no longer a small department."
Lu Guangbai took his water bag and watched the vast wilderness with Xiao Chiye. The continuous sound of the tea stone river is the echo of the ancient rivers and mountains.
"The battle is over," Lu Guangbai said, "I will go back to Qidong."
"Why," Xiao Chiye laughed, "are you used to eating the sand from Biansha?"
Lu Guangbai nodded, as if that was the case: "You guys are drinking porridge with sand mixed with mud from the north."
When the sound fell, the two looked sideways at each other, and then burst out laughing.
Lu Guangbai took a sip of water and said: "When I was young, I admired your father the most. Every time I saw you, I thought of you leaving the North and wanting to be a Libei Iron Cavalry. Unfortunately, my brother died later, and my father was one of them. The old bones are still crawling in the yellow sand, and no one is willing to stay in Bianjun except me."
Xiao Chiye's long flexed legs crossed his arms and said, "If it was me, I would have run away earlier."
"I really wanted to run. Every time I didn't give food, I just wanted to run. We entered the capital in the fourth year of Xiande, and the emperor asked me to kneel at the door. Shen Wei is the second." Lu Guangbai sighed deeply, "Who knew that he really ran away in the end."
Xiao Chiye remembered this, he looked at Lu Guangbai, and said, "At that time, Haige was an old man who adjusted food for emergency, but the food that Qidu gave to Bianjun was moldy rice. Lan Zhou and I couldn't figure this out, and thought it was Xue Xiuzhuo. The more I thought about it, the weirder it got."
"I can't figure it out either," Lu Guangbai put down his water bag, "he forced Libei, there's no reason to force Fanbian County."
"If the scorpions can exchange food," Xiao Chiye said, "you must have met them."
"I haven't seen a few officials in Yedu," Lu Guangbai said, "but I have seen a lot of eunuchs."
After he finished speaking, the two were silent for a moment.
Lu Guangbai stood up suddenly, the water bag fell to the ground, he said, "Supervisor eunuch!"
* * *
Xue Xiuyi was crooked in the Taishi chair, and there was someone beside him to settle the account. He just had to sit and watch the process. He turned the glass ball in his hand, a newly acquired gadget, ingenious in style, specially given to him by the merchant.
"Looking for a way?" Xue Xiuyi said, "Then why are you hiding behind you? Come over and explain to this official, where are you going to be an errand in the yamen?"
The unneeded man wrapped in a turban rolled his eyes, approached Xue Xiuyi, covered his mouth and nose, and whispered, "I want to ask the adults to send a message to the ancestors."
When Xue Xiuyi heard this voice, he said, "You are also an eunuch?"
The man felt coy and hesitantly said, "Um..."
Xue Xiuyi stood up a little and asked the people around him to step back. He looked at him suspiciously, and said, "Don't cover it, I have to let this official see what it looks like. If it looks crooked, then I have to re-negotiate the price."
The man removed his turban, lowered his eyebrows and waited for a moment. He didn't hear Xue Xiuyi's voice, so he raised his head and said skillfully, "My lord, don't you recognize slaves? My lord, slaves are the greetings of the ancestors. The slaves were born by the late emperor. Hand-picked, to Qidong to be a military eunuch!"
Xue Xiuyi really didn't recognize him. He used to be a petty official. How could he have the chance to deal with these eunuchs? The moment was vague: "Have seen, seen."
Xue Xiuyi's eyes flickered, and he suddenly remembered that the eunuch who had been sent to Qidong was first detained by Qi Zhuyin, and was fired early after returning to Qidu. He suddenly changed his face and said, "Didn't you let the Department of Punishment take it!"
"Ouch," Yingxi was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "That's a matter of Chen Zhi's rotten millet, the emperor has changed people, and the sin of slaves and servants has already been turned over!"
Xue Xiuyi was stunned and suspicious. First, he was afraid that Yingxi would deceive himself, and he would hand it in to the palace and cause trouble to the ancestors. Second, he was afraid that the crime of Yingxi would not be cleared up, so he went back to the Department of Punishment to track him down. Are you ashamed!
"The slaves came to find the adults, but they were ordered by the ancestors." Yingxi took out a waist card from his arms and showed it to Xue Da with both hands. "Look, sir, this is the brand of the Inner Dynasty."
Xue Xiuyi looked at the waist card carefully by candlelight, and it really had the name "Welcome" on the back. He held the sign and didn't return it, and asked, "Is the end of the Ministry of Punishment open? It's better than going elsewhere in the palace. If something goes wrong, let alone the official, even the ancestors can't keep you."
"It got through," Yingxi was afraid that he wouldn't believe it. "Can the person the ancestors found be fake? Even if there are fake slaves, they can't stand in front of the adults."
Xue Xiuyi didn't want to offend the eunuch. If the welcome was really Fuman's adopted son and righteous grandson, he kept people outside the palace, and it was not easy to explain to Fuman. He hesitated for a moment, then said, "Just wait. A few days later, the father-in-law will come out to buy some vegetables. If it's convenient, you can go in there."
Overjoyed, he nodded again and again.
Xue Xiuyi felt uneasy and warned, "This is the arrangement of the ancestors."
"Don't worry, my lord," Yingxi stuffed a bag of gold into Xue Da's hand. "The slaves are clean, and I promise not to cause trouble to adults and ancestors."
* * *
A few days later, it rained in Dunzhou. The rain hit the green leaves, drenching the flagstones on the road. Tantaihu waited at the door for a long time, Liu Kong held an umbrella for him, he said irritably: "I said it was coming this morning, why hasn't it arrived yet!"
"Perhaps there was a delay on the road." Liu Kong stretched his neck and looked around, seeing a carriage coming out of the rain, and said, "General, Master Yu is here!"
The horses were soaked in the rain and their manes were wet. They stopped in front of Tantai Tiger and shook their manes. Tantaihu raised his hand and patted the horse's neck, and said to the groom, "I ran all the way, and I'll take it to the stable for a while, and treat it well."
Just as he was talking, he suddenly saw the curtain lift slightly, Yu Xiao showed his face again, and surrendered to Tantai Hu.
"It's all acquaintances, don't do this kind of empty-headed ceremony." Tantai Hu said and glanced inside the car, "Wang Xian didn't come?"
"Fujun returns to Cizhou, and Duanzhou has to provide food for the second master. If someone is watching, he will stay in Duanzhou." Yu Xiao got off the carriage again, and the soldiers beside him wanted to hold an umbrella for him. He came over and beat himself up, covered Tantai Hu, and the two walked in together. Yu Xiao added: "You are the general of Dunzhou, he is the money manager of the six states, tiger, don't offend the money manager if you offend anyone."
The rain made a noisy sound on the oil-paper umbrella, and Tantai Hu said, "How dare I offend him? Later, when he comes to my Dunzhou, I will send troops ten miles to meet him, and I promise to speak to him in a whisper."
Yu Xiaozai knew that he was still angry, so he persuaded: "Tiger, don't think that we underestimate generals, that's all a bad atmosphere in Qudu. Now that the six states are pacified, all the disciplines have to obey the rules. I talk too much. Let me tell you a word, if you are concerned about the preparation of military rations, you will be in chaos. You are thinking about military rations, which is your loyalty to the second master. No matter who you are, you can’t bear to blame you, but since the mansion has clearly pointed it out to Minshen Brother, go do it," Yu Xiaozai was drenched in the rain, he changed his hand, turned around, and continued, "That's a serious assignment, you ask in the hall, how can he come back in the hall? It's also a secret yamen, so you can't talk about it on the table."
Tantaihu heard the meaning, Yu Xiaozai was here to be a peacemaker, and wanted him and Wang Xianbing to clear up the past. Didn't he have to hold on to this matter, he felt that Wang Xian's actions were not authentic, and he couldn't speak directly in Dunzhou? When he left, he was still in a good mood, and he turned around and went to Fujun to sue him!
"Brother Minshen is a capital official. When you first arrived, it is inevitable that some people will not accept it." Yu Xiao talked again, "You are the second master's henchman, he naturally dare not refute your face on the spot, and he is also telling the truth to the government. He has meritorious service and is familiar with economic and government affairs. The lord of the government will definitely put him in the military and political affairs, and you will see him in the future. After all, when you transfer troops in the future, you will have to discuss military supplies and military expenses with him, so it is not appropriate to make such a fuss."
Yu Xiao's words made sense again, but Tantai Hu didn't like it. Isn't Yu Xiaozai just making trouble for Wang Xian? It's not easy for Wang Minshen to come here, so he deserves this anger? He was really angry when he thought about the food book, Wang Xian didn't mention it to him before he left, and when he was rewarding the garrison, no one in the Dunzhou Yamen said anything about public funds. He was thinking about it, because the Dunzhou Yamen used Wang Xian to squeeze him out.
Yu Xiao no longer understood that the Dunzhou Yamen did not dare to confront Tantai Hu directly, so he just coaxed him blindly. Tantai Hu is the main general of Dunzhou, but he has not even read the Dunzhou grain book. Isn't this because the yamen officials are messing with him? He suffered from the loss of being dumb, and he couldn't tell the hardships in front of Shen Zechuan and Xiao Chiye, and he was too ashamed for the bastards of putting on the water table.
But at the moment, it is not advisable to delve into this matter.
Yu Xiao gave the umbrella to Tantai Hu again, and said earnestly: "Tiger, you are straight-minded, you only know how to advance but not retreat. You will inevitably suffer losses if you act like this. They embarrass you because you have military power in your body. Let me advise you again, if you don't have the idea of becoming a court official, don't mess with them in this water. You have made great achievements in battle, and the government will not really make you feel wronged. You think that the government can't see this. What happened next time? The second master was so angry that Fu Jun put you back to Dunzhou as is. Isn't that just supporting you? Fu Jun is beating them for you! You Don't be angry with the Fu-Jun, admit your mistake obediently, and make up for the public expenses honestly. As long as you are willing to write a letter and shake hands with Brother Minshen, I promise that within half a month, the Fu-Jun will reward you."
Are all officials so good? It is said that all officials are good, that is to let the rumors be deceived. All officials who can establish a foothold in Yedu, regardless of their background, have gone through the roles of Yongyi and Xiande Nianhua Pan Ganzheng, and are most aware of current affairs. Yu Xiaozai was born in a poor family. During the period when the family was in power, he worked in the field and dealt with local bulls, ghosts and snakes. All inspections and evaluations were excellent. Cen Yu has promoted so many students, but Yu Xiaozai is the only one who can take on heavy responsibilities. What he said to Tantai Hu was heartfelt.
Tantaihu's lips moved, and the breath choked in his throat.
When Yu Xiao saw Tantai Hu's gloomy expression again, he knew that he still couldn't swallow his breath, and he had an idea and said, "If you could wipe your face and ask for peace with Brother Min Shen, wouldn't you just block the mouths of others? They laughed at you. It's Wuxia Amon, you don't want them to be happy, show them your heroic character!"
Tantai Hu is impatient and should not be excited, but he is simple-minded and has no bad intentions. He held the umbrella tightly, and said in a rough voice, "Second Master taught me, I know I'm wrong, the banquet should not be done properly, and the public expense must be made up. I slapped my head in Duanzhou, so I apologize to Wang Minshen. It's something." He raised his arm and rubbed the scar on the knife, "I will write to Wang Xian tonight."
The rain was messy, and there were many puddles on the ground. The noise was so noisy that Liu Kong couldn't hear the conversation between the two of them. Holding an umbrella, he couldn't get too close, he could only follow along. Fortunately, the road was not long, and when he arrived at the camp, Tantai Hu asked him to prepare the pot before the umbrella was put away.
"It's cold and the road is not easy to walk. You and I are going to Cizhou again tomorrow," Tantai Hu took off his robe and rolled up his sleeves, "I'll eat a hot pot tonight to warm up. Liu Kong, go and put The rabbits I beat have been cleaned up, and I will have a toast with You."
Liu Kong responded, and diligently took off his robe for Yu Xiao and hung it on the small hanger in the tent.
Yu Xiao rubbed his hands again, looked around the tent, and shouted at Tantai Hu: "You live here too! I thought..."
Liu Kong retreated to the door and lowered the curtain to block Yu Xiaozai's voice.
* * *
Slippery rainy days, bumpy horse trails. Shen Zechuan was originally playing chess with Yao Wenyu, but he fainted in the middle of the game. Fei Sheng lifted the car curtain a bit, and he leaned against the window to relax.
"Youjing is astute," Yao Wenyu looked at the rain. "His speech is witty, but he has no pretensions. It is the most suitable for the Fujun to send him to supervise the army."
"You Jing can be amused when he is free, but never make mistakes when it matters." Shen Zechuan was sweating coldly, leaning on the soft pillow, "He is not as straightforward as Zhou Gui, he should be more tactful."
Yao Wenyu folded his sleeves and collected the chess pieces.
Shen Zechuan listened to the sound of rain beside the window, and the chess piece still holding his fingertips tapped the edge of the table following the sound of the rain. After a while, he said, "If the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if it's too muddy, it's annoying."