When Zheng Fan led his team back to Hutou City, it was already the afternoon of that day. The troops were disbanded at the gate of the city, with the original strength of five centurions plus slaves from various families near Hutou City. People all went back to their homes and looked for their mothers;
To be honest, for Zheng Fan, who was leading an army for the first time, there was really an illusion of "the collapse of the dynasty".
Fortunately, Zheng Fan can also see clearly that this is not his army after all. His future army is still under the leadership of A Ming and Fan Li, and it will probably take a while to advance towards Hutou City. It takes four or five days to get here.
There was a bookkeeper at the gate of the city with a few documents. Zheng Fan did not need to go to the Yamen again and completed the handover directly there.
Actually, this is just a form.
Qian Guo was very strict in controlling and guarding against military power and military personnel, which could even be said to be abnormal. Even during wars, civilian officials were often used to command military attachés as assistants.
But in Yan State, especially in Beifeng County, except for the Zhenbei Army, the rest are basically private soldiers of various families;
No matter how many procedures you go through, Fine tiger talismans and the like can't change the fact that people grew up eating from which restaurant;
Of course, the Zhenbei Army is actually the largest among them. It must be said that the Zhenbei Army has 300,000 people. It’s not an exaggeration to say that they are all the Li family’s private army.
Back at the house, Fangcao had already led the servants to get ready for the wind and dust. Zheng Fan was not in a hurry to eat, but went straight back to his backyard. The water in the soup pool had been put. After taking off his clothes, Zheng Fan took his son and soaked in it.
Even in later generations, in China, it was only in the past ten or twenty years that most people were able to take a hot bath at home.
Many years ago, bathing, especially in winter, was done in a bathhouse.
In that era, going out to take a shower was really just taking a shower...
But it is easy to go from frugality to luxury and it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. It cannot be said to be mysophobia. As a modern Back in ancient times, what people looked forward to and longed for most was to take a comfortable bath every day.
"Gurgling..."
The stone continued to float on the soup pool.
Zheng Fan rested his arms on the edge of the soup pool and closed his eyes.
After so many days from Hutou City to the return, there was not much problem with eating, but just wanting to take a nice bath like this became an extremely luxurious thing.
"When I go to the south, I have to build a soup pool at home."
"Gurgling..."
At this time, the sound of fragrant grass It sounded from outside:
"Master, someone from the Yamen has sent a message."
Zheng Fan reached out and touched his face and asked:
"What's the matter?"
"The envoy invites the master to a banquet."
"The envoy?"
Zheng Fan was stunned for a moment and asked road:
"Which messenger?"
Zheng Fan clearly remembered that when Sha Tuo Que stone knocked on the door, he smashed the carriage on the archway, taking the carriage with it. The horses in front were all smashed to pieces.
The red snow wolf that was given as a gift was also smashed into original wolf sauce.
"Well...it should be the original envoy. A few days ago, I saw the convoy of the envoy returning to the city after inspecting the border."
Xu Wenzu Not dead?
Zheng Fan frowned slightly and shouted outside:
"I understand."
"Slave, please leave."
Zheng When Fan came out of the soup pool and changed clothes, Siniang opened the door and walked in. Unlike Fangcao, she had no scruples whether Zheng Fan was taking a bath or not.
After all, they are all members of the family and know what is right and what is right.
"Your Majesty, Xu Wenzu is still alive."
Obviously, Siniang also went to investigate after receiving the report from the Yamen, and then came back to give Zheng Fan Exactly.
"Ask Liang Cheng to get ready. If that doesn't work, we will retreat to Meijiawu."
"Okay, Your Majesty."
Yes , Zheng Fan doesn’t plan to go to the banquet.
Going to the Hongmen Banquet once is a good thing, but if you go every now and then, the crowd will probably be gone.
Zheng Fan cherishes his life and does not want to throw away his life just for a meal.
After leaving the back house, Zheng Fan walked into the front hall. A table was filled with dishes.
Zheng Fan sat down alone, poured himself a drink, and then picked up his chopsticks to eat the food.
Not long after,
Fangcao came to the front hall again. Before she could say anything, a hearty laughter came from behind:
"Captain Zheng has worked hard all the way, worked hard all the way!"
This is the voice of Comrade Shenhai.
Zheng Fan stood up immediately. Regardless of what he was feeling, he walked to the entrance of the hall and bowed to Xu Wenzu, who was striding towards the door:
" See you for your humble position!"
"Hey, don't say goodbye, don't be polite, don't be polite."
Xu Wenzu has lost weight,
and he has become much thinner. ,
But because of his strong foundation,
he is still very fat.
Xu Wenzu’s hand grabbed Zheng Fan’s hand, and his eyes wandered around. Just when Zheng Fan thought that the fat man was going to take out the dagger and die with him,
Xu Wenzu spoke. Said:
"Is it convenient to talk here?"
"Don't worry, sir, we are all our own people in the house."
"Okay, that's good. "
Xu Wenzu walked straight to the table, sat down, poured himself wine, and drank three glasses. After finishing the drink, he covered his face in a rude manner, and actually made a cry. .
Maybe it’s because he’s too fat, but his cry, his sobs sounded like normal snoring.
"Captain Zheng, I almost thought I would never see you again in this life."
"Why do you say this, sir?" Zheng Fan also sat back at the table Next to him, he wanted to reach out and hold Xu Wenzu's hand, but when he saw that his hand was covered with tears and snot, he hesitated and didn't hold it.
"Sir, I really didn't expect that I would be able to see you after I came back. I always thought...I thought..."
Zheng Fan is forcibly brewing Emotion, I wanted to make some tears come out, but maybe because I had just drank some wine, I forced them out:
"Hiccup!"
Jiu Hiccup When the fight started, Zheng Fan immediately lowered his head.
After spending so many days blowing sand in the desert, my acting skills have deteriorated a lot.
Fortunately, Xu Wenzu didn't pay attention to this detail, but took the initiative to reach out his hand, trying to grab Zheng Fan's hand. As a result, Zheng Fan's hand retracted, and instead took it and offered it to Zheng Fan. of a roast chicken.
Xu Wenzu, holding the roasted chicken, was stunned for a moment,
Zheng Fan said emotionally:
"Sir, you have lost weight."
< p>"It's not bad, it's not bad!"Xu Wenzu was hurt, lowered his head, bit down on the roast chicken in his hand, chewed vigorously and shouted:
"I was lost in the desert for three days, and both horses were exhausted. I finally came back!"
Zheng Fan His mind was running rapidly, and at the same time he saw a few silk threads wrapped around the beams above the hall.
This means that Siniang and Liang Cheng are already on guard outside, which means that Zheng Fan does not have to worry.
"Sir, how did you survive? Later, I cried in front of the wreckage of the carriage for several days and nights.
At that time, I saw your Excellency hiding. When the carriage was lifted up by the barbarian thief, Beizhi almost went crazy;
Seeing the barbarian thief smash the carriage on the archway again, Beizhi went completely crazy. He picked up the knife and was ready to fight with the barbarian. The thief is desperate!
My Lord is very kind to me. In this life, apart from the princess, I am the most generous and kind to me!
At that time, Centurion Yang Wenzhi was also loyal. He was so courageous that he actually drew his sword and was willing to accompany Bei Shi.
Lu Yao knew that Ma Li had gained popularity over time, and Centurion Yang Wenzhi's character made Bei Shi admire him even more.
Who would have expected that the barbarian would actually want to assassinate the prince of the dynasty after knowing that there was no way to survive?
If the prince was killed in the Marquis Mansion, wouldn't it be just for the people of the court? Is this an excuse to slander our Marquis? In addition, I was already going crazy because of the 'death' of the Lord, so I rushed forward to fight the barbarian with a knife without hesitation."
Speaking of this. ,
Zheng Fan took the initiative to bandage his abdomenThe wound was opened for Xu Wenzu to see,
"Fortunately, the sky has eyes, the barbarian thieves attacked and killed the prince, and the prince was not dead. Even though he was in a low position, he was lucky enough to be rescued.
Only Centurion Yang Wenzhi , his body was shattered by a punch from the barbarian, and even the whole body could not be recovered, alas.”
Xu Wenzu listened to Zheng Fan’s words, saw Zheng Fan’s wounds again, and combined with his previous return. After receiving the news from the Hou Mansion, he immediately said:
"Colonel Zheng, I'm sorry for you."
"Half of the life of a humble person is The princess’s half was given to me by my lord. This is what I should do.
My lord, you haven’t told me yet, how did you survive?”
"Alas... I was just lucky. I happened to have a stomachache at that time, so I got off the car and went to find a place to go out."
"..." Zheng Fan!
Your uncle,
How come your life is so good!
I specifically asked Shatuo Queshi to throw you to death.
But you said you happened to go to WC?
If there were other reasons, that would be fine. After hearing this reason, Zheng Fan really wanted to pick up a knife and chop up the fat man in front of him!
"My lord, may the world be filled with great blessings!"
Zheng Fan said these words one by one.
Immediately afterwards,
Zheng Fan immediately calmed down and continued to ask:
"Sir, since you have nothing to do, why don't you come to a humble position?"< /p>
Actually, Zheng Fan knew clearly why Xu Wenzu didn't come to him.
I was in the Hou Mansion at that time. Xu Wenzu would not be able to enter the Hou Mansion unless he exposed his identity.
In the team, Yang Wenzhi, who has been responsible for being Xu Wenzu's inside man, was cut into many pieces by Siniang, and there was no way to take care of him.
The most important thing is that Xu Wenzu himself, as a recruiter, cannot be exposed to the public in the Hou Mansion!
"Alas."
Xu Wenzu sighed.
Zheng Fan immediately made up his mind and said:
"I once informed the old lady about your lord's affairs and mentioned my lord's loyalty to the Hou Mansion. What I was thinking at that time was, lord. Having already sacrificed his life for the Hou Mansion, naturally we cannot let the Hou Mansion forget your deeds;
It’s just..."
"Just what?" Xu Wenzu asked immediately.
"It's just that the old lady only replied with three words: humble position."
"Which three words?"
"I know."
"Got it? Got it... Got it."
A look of understanding appeared on Xu Wenzu's face,
Immediately threw away the half-eaten piece of meat in his hand Roast chicken,
leaved the table and knelt down towards the north,
kowtowed three times solemnly,
Zheng Fan was so frightened that he immediately stood up.
“Old lady’s kindness, old lady’s kindness!”
"Sir, what is going on?"
Zheng Fan asked as he went to help Xu Wenzu.
Damn it, I can’t make it up anymore, please help me figure it out!
"Colonel Zheng, it was the old lady who protected me. It was the old lady who protected me. The old lady knew that I had been here and knew my purpose, so she protected me. You arranged for me to leave, so I said those three words to you."
When Zheng Fan heard this, he immediately showed a solemn look on his face,
and said:
"The old lady has a clever plan."
"Yes."
Xu Wenzu sat at the table again.
Suddenly he lowered his voice again and said to Zheng Fan:
"Colonel Zheng, when you come back this time, do you have any instructions from the Marquis Mansion?"
This line,
is really similar.
Have you received any instructions from your hometown?
Zheng Fan shook his head and said: "My lord, it's not that I don't trust you due to my humble position, but...but..."
"But what?"
p>
"But the princess has assigned me a new mission."
"A new mission?"
"Yes, the princess asked me to go to the south. If nothing unexpected happens, the transfer order from the Ministry of War should come in a while.
In addition, the princess also used other channels to equip the humble post with a group of troops and horses that have nothing to do with the Zhenbei Army. Ordnance, let me take it to the south."
Zheng Fan now feels like taking advantage of this opportunity to launder as much black money as he can.
"South? This is...is this the princess's plan for the future?"
"I don't know. Beizhi said he wanted to stay with the princess, but The princess did not allow it. The princess said that the soldiers of the Li family only know one thing: military orders are like mountains!"
"Oh, it seems that they are really planning."
Xu Wenzu shook his head, sighed, and said:
"Don't worry, Lieutenant Zheng, when you go to the south to take up your post, I will provide you with all conveniences. Anyway, the good news will not go to outsiders." Tian."
"Thank you for your kindness!"
"Commander Zheng, logically speaking, I shouldn't come to your house so abruptly, but I really am. I can't sit still anymore, look, this is the edict issued by His Majesty yesterday..."
As Xu Wenzu said, he reached out and took out a piece of paper from his arms. This was definitely not a court document, but It's a copy.
Zheng Fan took the sinner's edict and read it again.
At the beginning, we walked through the basic etiquette, how difficult it was for us to establish the country of Yan, and praised the achievements of previous emperors;
In the middle, we talked about how we succeeded after succeeding to the throne. It is not easy to work hard and work hard;
Finally,
it is about talking about,
The northern Xiaoxiao is becoming more and more unbridled, and more and more Unscrupulous, already wantedCheng Yan is a thorn in his side! This is his dereliction of duty as an emperor. It is because he did not do well that the country became so violent!
This northern Xiaoxiao, according to the official explanation, must refer to the barbarians.
But the barbarians have been beaten so hard by the Yan people that they no longer even recognize their own mothers. How can they be considered a nuisance?
Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that the Northern Xiaoxiao here refers to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion!
Zheng Fan took this piece of paper, took a deep breath, and
said excitedly:
"How can this be an edict to sin against oneself? It is clearly... ..."
"War!"
"War!"
Xu Wenzu and Zheng Fan said in unison.
The imperial court,
Your Majesty,
Emperor Yan,
are about to attack the Zhenbei Hou Mansion!
"So, I said that the princess asked Colonel Zheng to go to the south for the sake of preserving the Li family. Captain Zheng, when you go to the south this time, you should pay more attention to it." Be careful, in the future..."
At this point, Xu Wenzu gritted his teeth and continued:
"The Hou Mansion cannot lose!"
"In the south, I can't leave my humble position. This Emperor Yan has gone too far to bully others!!!"
Zheng Fan stood up and tore the "Edict of Sin" into pieces. Dropped on the ground.
"Captain Zheng, you can't do it, you can't do it!"
Xu Wenzu stood up immediately and put his hands on Zheng Fan's shoulders.
Snot, tears, greasy...
Zheng Fan took a deep breath, took a deep breath, don’t be angry, don’t be angry, don’t be angry!
"Zheng Xiaowei, this is the princess's arrangement for the future. Zheng Xiaowei, you must not let down the princess's expectations."
"Princess, I am People..."
Zheng Fan knelt on the ground,
his knees hit the floor tiles heavily,
tears flowed in his eyes,
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My knees hurt so much!
"Colonel Zheng, I know you are in trouble, I know you are in trouble..."
…………
On the roof of the hall,
p>
Siniang and Liang Cheng were both sitting on the tiles.
Liang Cheng asked curiously:
"Who did you learn your acting skills from?"
Six Niang laughed,
< p> said:"I learned from you old drama masters."
"What's wrong with us?"
"You go against your will every day. Licking people, aren’t they willing to learn acting from you?”
“What about you?”
Six Niang rolled her eyes at Liang Cheng,
He spread out his catkins, looked at the afternoon sun, and said:
"Unbridled."
"What's wrong?"
p>"You have to call me Mistress."
"Haha, thenDoesn’t Magic Pill have to call you..."
"Shut up! ”