But when Zhu Ming thought of Deng Zhiqiu's appearance, he couldn't sleep at night, and his food tasted like a zombie.
Military and government affairs were completely abandoned.
That day he heard someone talking quietly outside.
"The Mongols came and looted again yesterday,"
"I heard that when the Mongols snatched Han women, they raped them first and then killed them. When there was no food, they just used the Han people as food and called the women 'two-legged sheep.'"
"Oh, that's scary."
Zhu Xiang's head buzzed, and he rushed to the door like a gust of wind, and opened the door.
He was already taller than ordinary people, and he had not slept or eaten for several days. His eyes were sunken and dark, his face was pale, his hair was messy, and he looked more and more like a ghost.
The maids were so frightened that they covered their mouths and backed away.
Zhu Xiang gritted his teeth and approached: "Did you say that on purpose to make me angry?!"
The maids lowered their heads and replied tremblingly: "No, no. I don't dare."
"Please forgive us, Your Highness, we will never dare to do it again."
Zhu Xi kicked her over: "Don't dare, I think you are eager to know that Qiu has been captured, so you will only serve that Mongolian woman."
A maid was kicked in the stomach and fell to the ground. She didn't dare to cry. She got up shivering and kowtowed desperately: "Your Highness, spare your life."
"Spare you, spare Zhiqiu." Zhu Ping went crazy and kicked the maid again.
The maid screamed, vomited blood and fainted.
Only then did Zhu Xi wake up a little. He looked at the maid on the ground, pointed at the people outside and said: "From now on, it is forbidden to speak of Mongols in the palace. Do you hear me? Carry her down. Don't let her die in front of me." It’s really bad luck in your bedroom.”
The other maids responded tremblingly, and hurriedly came in to carry the one on the ground out, and collected the money to invite the doctor over.
The doctor said that the maid's internal organs were injured and she might not survive.
During the night, she held her stomach and rolled around on the bed, screaming. She vomited blood and died soon after.
Zhu Fang asked people to carry the dead maid out and bury her hastily, and threatened his servants not to tell anyone about it. Otherwise, they will be killed without mercy.
The servants treat him more and more like a ghost, and they will never appear in front of him if they can.
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Kang Duo's army left Chenzhou in early September and arrived at Yingtian in early November.
Lao Zhu rewarded Kang Duo greatly in the court.
After the court ended, Kang Duo was surrounded by several officials to congratulate him.
Lao Zhu, who had already walked to the back, saw this scene from a distance and asked Zhu Biao: "Biao'er, based on your understanding of Kang Duo, do you think he will come back to you later?"
Zhu Biao said: "It should be possible. Kang Duo has always been the most considerate of all his companions."
Xu Huizu has a good image, good literary talent, ability, and likes to stand out.
Kang Duo looks mediocre and dresses mediocrely.
He used to be optimistic about Xu Huizu and focused on Xu Huizu, completely ignoring Kang Duo, who was as low-key as an invisible man. He thought that Kang Duo knew that his qualifications were mediocre, so he didn't get ahead easily.
Now Zhu Biao feels more and more that Xu Huizu is too arrogant and does not know how to assess the situation and restrain his strength.
Looking back, Kandor was the wisest. Because when you are not strong enough, being low-key is the key to survival.
Lao Zhu nodded: "If he can still be so clear-headed after gaining power, he would be a useful person."
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After Kang Duo finished dealing with the congratulators, he waited for Zhu Biao to come out at the palace gate.
He is the general prepared by Lao Zhu for Zhu Biao, and he knows this very well.
Those flattering voices are all because of this, not because of how strong he is.
Kang Duo stood for a full hour before Zhu Biao came out.
Zhu Biao saw Kang Duo and smiled: "Master Kang has won a great victory this time. It is really gratifying and congratulatory."
Kang Duo lowered his head and said, "Your Highness has betrayed a humble minister."
Zhu Biao: "Thank you for your hard work. I will ask Father to give you more opportunities."
Only when you have the opportunity to go to the battlefield can you have the opportunity to achieve military merit. Only with military merit can you be upgraded.
Only those who are trusted by the emperor are qualified to hold military power.
All generals understand this simple truth.
Kang Duo knelt down on one knee and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."
As a military commander, kneeling on one knee is the highest etiquette, because kneeling on both knees is only done when surrendering and worshiping the king.
As a courtier, kneeling down on one knee shows enough respect and submission without being too flattering.
Zhu Biao helped him up and patted his shoulder: "You and I have moved less since we got older. In fact, we still need to move more."
Kang Duo looked up at Zhu Biao, his eyes red, and said, "Yes, thank you, Your Highness."
Someone had already reported to Lao Zhu that Kang Duo had been waiting for Zhu Biao at the palace gate for an hour and had a conversation with them.
After listening to this, Lao Zhu said to himself: "This kid can still be used."
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Kang Duo said goodbye to Zhu Biao, went home, took the two big wolf dogs, and went to Guanya Bureau.
When Zhu Bai saw Kang Duo coming, he sat behind the table and nodded to him with a smile: "Congratulations to General Kang for winning the battle."
Kang Duo knew better than anyone how big this victory was and how to win the battle.
He blushed and bowed deeply to Zhu Bai: "Thank you, Your Highness. I am here to return something."
Walls have ears, so he couldn't just say "Thank you for your brilliant idea, Your Highness", otherwise Zhu Bai would be known as interfering in military affairs, and he would not get any good results.
Zhu Bai nodded slightly: "No thanks, this is all the general's own credit. These two dogs will be given to Lord Kang and there is no need to return them. Maybe Lord Kang will still need them in future wars."
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Compared with Kang Duo's popularity, Li Jinglong is much more lonely.
After all, his trip this time was, at best, for military training, or at worst, for an outing.
The guards are commanded by the guard officer, who just visits and walks around every day.
He wanted to discuss tactical formations with the officers of the guard station, but everyone just laughed and passed it off with a few perfunctory words. No one really wanted to discuss it with him.
Because anyone who has actually fought in a war knows that there is no point in talking about war on paper with someone like Li Jinglong who has no actual combat experience.
He thinks everything is too ideal and speaks eloquently, but unfortunately the enemy will not follow your arrangements at all.
Li Jinglong originally thought it was nothing.
But I am afraid of comparison in everything.
That Kang Duo brought so many people, spent so much time, and fought like this. If it were me, I would wipe out the rebels in minutes.
But now he has made great achievements and everyone praises him, but I am ignored.
He was very unconvinced and said to his father Li Wenzhong: "Dad, I'm going to ask my cousin to send me to the border."
Li Wenzhong looked at him sideways: "Why are you panicking? Your uncle and grandpa were willing to reuse Kang Duo because Kang Mao died and there is no one in the Kang family. I'm still here. Unless there are some special circumstances, I won't be so anxious to use you."
Li Jinglong thought: "That's right."
Kang Duo held the title of Kang Maocai. The title of their family belongs to Li Wenzhong.
Li Wenzhong added: "Don't worry, your uncle is a person who values family ties. How could he be biased towards an outsider? He sees you as only eighteen and still young, and wants to train you more. Stay calm and be broad-minded. Don't do it to those who will achieve great things. Too concerned about the ups and downs of the moment.”
