Even in his drunken state, Zuo Biao understood that if he fled to the Gaoyu garrison, he would definitely die, so it would be safer to flee to his grandfather.
Just like that, panting heavily in rags, like a dying stray dog, he fled to the Zuowen garrison. The soldiers did not dare to stop him. Although he was the defeated general, they were still respectful and did not dare to neglect him.
He was not polite at all. The first thing Zuo Biao did when he entered the tent was to ask the servants to change clothes, and then asked a few maids to rub his shoulders. This life was really comfortable.
Unexpectedly, he did not enjoy a few minutes, and broke into several big men, and he dragged him out. The left standard shouted: "Who are you! What do you do!"
"The veteran has a order, the left standard is addicted to alcohol, and the grain is not good. He immediately executed and will be the heart of the soldiers of the Three Army!"
"Chu..." Zuo Biao immediately woke up and shouted to the people next to him in a panic: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! He is only a grandson like me!"
But when he was dragged out of the barracks, Zuo Wen held the tiger chrome gun, like a tiger that was ready, and the sharp cold light was particularly bright in the winter night.
"What - what did you say?" Zuo Wen's voice was extremely long and frightening.
Zuo Biao knelt on the ground helplessly, crying and kowtowing: "Grandpa! Grandpa! You can't kill me! I am your grandson, the only seedling of the Zuo family!"
"My father died earlier, relying on his grandfather to grow up in one hand. This grandson has not repaid ..."
The left label was extremely sad, and the crying voice was full of emotions, and the soldiers present even moved.
"Shut up!"
Zuo Wen took a deep breath and closed his eyes: "As the main general, when the enemy fire burned the granaries, thanks to General Yuan's timely rescue, it was not completely turned into ashes ..."
"Shi Yan, this child, has bloody, has bones! I would rather die or humiliate, so as not to be born between the heavens and the earth!"
Every sentence was praising others, but every sentence was stabbing Zuo Biao in the heart, which was extremely painful.
Zuo Wen looked at the grandson kneeling in a complicated mood, and his heart was tangled.
At that time, Zuo Biao's father, Zuo Lin, was a brave champion in the three armies and accompanied the army on many northern expeditions. As the saying goes, a tiger father has no dog son. Once the father and son appeared in the Mobei battlefield, the Anga wow people had only the head of the head of the head, and was described as a tiger sent by Changshengtian for a while.
Unfortunately, Zuo Lin changed due to arrow sores when she was only 21 years old, and she died early. Zuo Wen felt faint instantly. He didn't believe it. The son that made himself proud was taken away by the wind ...
He hugged Zuo Lin's body, kissed his cold forehead, and kept rubbing his stiff hand: "Lin'er ... why is your hand so cold? Lin'er is not afraid, Dad will help you cover it ... father……"
He slashed everyone out with his sword, leaving him alone with disheveled hair, slumped in the gloomy mourning hall, crying bitterly, and went without food for three days and nights until he fainted.
At the time of the emperor, Tai turmoil learned of this, and personally sat in the house to condolences to the house, and he was described as An Linggong.
The posthumous son left by Zuo Lin was Zuo Biao. Zuo Wen doted on the child because of his father and because his mother followed her husband after giving birth.
This is his heart!
The generals around him saw that he did not respond, and handed over the steps: "The major general is just negligent, not the crime of death, and the situation has become a foregone conclusion, and then the major general is not conducive to the military heart."
Everyone agreed and even knelt down to plead for Zuo Biao. Zuo Biao was secretly relieved when he saw that he had hope of survival.
"That's the food! It is four or five months of food for the entire army!" Although Zuo Wen was very painful in his heart, he still yelled: "On the spot, there must be no mistake! How to serve the hearts of the three armies in the future? "
"Grandpa!" Zuo Biao no longer called him grandpa, but cried like a child: "Grandpa——"
Zuo Wen couldn't help shaking inside, a pearl crystal tears slipped out of the corner of his eyes, frozen on his old face.
Even though everyone tried desperately to persuade him, Zuo Wen still stubbornly carried out the execution. With just one stab, Zuo Biao's head rolled to the ground and stuck to his feet, staring at the scarlet snow with despair.
At that moment, Zuo Wen suddenly felt dark in front of him, his brain stopped thinking, and he fell into the snow. The crowd couldn't scare. He quickly packed the scene and brought Zuo Wen back to the account for recuperation.
The news of Ren Muqi attacked the granaries, and the news of victory reached Kyoto, and the country was uproar. Zhang Qingmeng's eyebrows were locked and worried. If this goes on, if you cannot fill the same arms within a week, the Gao Yujun will be forced to retreat, and his reputation in the DPRK will be greatly reduced.
The problem lies here! According to the ledger handed in the two people, the food is enough to support the front line. But at the critical moment of burning eyebrows, it was suddenly found that the remaining food was insufficient. Shangguan Qing and Gao Chou cannot escape the blame. It must be that someone is full of private sacs and corrupted national food.
Zhang Qingmeng leaned on the chair and sighed tiredly. At this time, some soldiers came from the front line news: "Qi Qian Zheng, Ren Curtain led the military fire to burn military food, the major general fled from the left standard, Wei Pangli Shi Kai Kaikai His son Shi Xuan would rather die than surrender, so he committed suicide after defeat."
"What?!" Zhang Qingmeng shocked, and it was incredible: "Shi Yan ... he died?"
"The body was smuggled into Jiangli City by Ren Lian and buried."
Zhang Qingmeng froze on the spot, his complex emotions constantly torturing his whole body. After a long pause, he slowly said:
"The father and son of the historian, it's really loyal to the door ..."
After a while, he continued: "Does Shi Xuan have any relatives?"
"There is a wife of a wife Liu's baby girl."
"Put them into the palace ... I raised it by me to comfort Shi's father and son in the spirit of heaven ..."
Yao Qiu was pregnant, close to delivery. The war on the frontline was tense, and a major corruption case of military supplies occurred in the rear. Zhang Qingmeng was exhausted both physically and mentally, sighing repeatedly.
"The princess sent someone to take good care of it. If the king was free, he would visit."
In this sentence, he hurried to the Ministry of Households.
The solution he gave was to temporarily detain Shangguan Qing and Gao Chou, and dispatch the Long Yun Department to step up handling of the case. During those two days, Zhang Qingmeng felt suffocated every second he stayed, and huge worries surged into his heart and lingered for a long time.
The new report of the Tanma: The left standard supervisory grain is unfavorable and has been executed by the local military law.
Zhang Qingmeng widened his eyes: "Whose command? Kill the left standard, how to deal with the old general?"
"It is the old General Zuo's passing order ..."
"Oh my God ..." Zhang Qingmeng leaned on the chair in pain, covering his forehead with his hands: "General Zuo's old general is so clear that he will kill his grandson in person ... If you ask General Zuo to come out, will you be happier?"
Tan Ma quietly went down, leaving only King Zheng who was troubled by everything.
His mind was racing, what's going on? Is everything happening now a dream? How could it be ... Who was corrupted by food? Is the frontline completely defeated?
The aristocratic families united to demand that the imperial court withdraw its troops, and they continued to put pressure on Prince Zheng's palace. Zhang Qingmeng was already burnt, and they were almost collapsed by them. It was Shangguan Tong who used his family's power to barely block the attacks of other nobles.
After waiting for a few days, the matter finally came to light - it turned out that an official in charge of the grain depot took advantage of his position to transport nearly twenty shiploads of grain. The stolen goods had already been sold, and it was almost impossible to recover them.
But what is worth thinking about is that this man is Gao Chou's retainer, and a lot of the stolen money was given to him as a filial piety.
After the matter was found out, Shangguan Qing was acquitted, while Gao Chou was thrown into the sky prison. All forces unanimously demanded Gao Chou's execution, including the Shangguan family. The Wei family has always acted like it has nothing to do with them and is just a bystander.
At this juncture, Zhang Qingmeng hesitated again.
It's easy to execute a tall and ugly person, but who will take over after he dies? It is obviously impossible for Shangguan Qing to be alone. Although Shangguan Qing is an honest and upright official, he is far less sophisticated than Gao Chou in handling affairs. But if Gao Chou is let go, not only will he have to withstand attacks from all forces, but there is also the possibility that Gao Chou will rebel at any time and flee with his money.
At critical moments of dilemma, it is best to show whether a person has brilliant means and foresight.
In order to put pressure on Zhang Qingmeng, the aristocratic family incited the people to gather at the government to cause trouble. This was tantamount to shaking the foundation of Zhang Qingmeng's rule. Zhang Qingmeng persuaded them to evacuate with kind words, and at the same time sent the imperial guards to suppress them, and finally suppressed this arrogance.
At this time, how much he wanted to complain to someone who understood him! The military adviser is far away in Bingzhou, and his princess Yao Qiu is pregnant with Liujia, so it is inconvenient to say more. Zhang Qingmeng simply said that he was ill at home and did not go to the court to manage politics. No matter how the officials wished, they would all refuse.
The slush in the palace courtyard was not taken care of. It was not because the servants were lazy. It was Zhang Junsheng who asked to have a snowball fight with his friends, which was why the cleaning was delayed. On the first day when Zhang Qingmeng said he was ill, he set up a chair and sat in the hospital, leisurely watching the children having a snowball fight.
The children present included Zhang Junsheng, Zhang Xiaoxin, Ni Wumin, Ni Wujun, Duan Zhili, Mu Chenlin, and Gao Mingzhi. Duan Zhili serves as the referee. Three people divide things into groups, build a snow wall, and throw them at each other. If they are hit on the head, they will be eliminated. (This is the rule they made)
The east team in the first game was Zhang Junsheng, Mu Chenlin, and Zhang Xiaoxin. The western team consists of Niwu civilians, Niwu army, and Gao Mingzhi. Following the order, both sides launched a fierce attack. Zhang Junsheng laughed constantly and was very happy. Without even sticking his head out, he threw it based on feeling.
By coincidence, Zhang Junsheng's snowball hit Niwumin's forehead. The opponent suddenly lost its strongest firepower and failed.
"Tch...I lost to you..." Niwumin picked his nose nonchalantly: "I was careless..."
"Hehe, we will be comrades in arms in the next game!"
At the beginning of the second game, the battle between the two sides was extremely fierce. Zhang Junsheng and the Nishi brothers were teamed up, and they were still as lively as in the last game, but there was something wrong with Niwujun's eyes.
Zhang Qingmeng had sharp eyes and instantly understood that this child was going to do something bad, but he said nothing and watched them silently.
"Ouch!"
As he expected, the Niwu Army secretly wrapped a stone in a snowball and hit Zhang Junsheng's head as hard as he could. With a thud, his head was hit hard.
Zhang Junsheng hugged his injured head and squatted down slowly and weakly.
Seeing that something was wrong, everyone dropped the snowballs they were holding tightly in their hands and gathered around Zhang Junsheng.
Zhang Qingmeng didn't take any action. He wanted to see how his son would handle this matter.
The Nishi brothers were scolded by a group of children, but the Niwu people were wronged. Why did they teach me a lesson when they clearly didn't do anything?
"You must have instigated it secretly. You were dissatisfied when your brother beat you in the last game!" Zhang Xiaoxin was the first to jump out.
Duan Zhili also put his hand in and said, "Indeed, the Niwu Army would not have the guts to do this without someone else's instructions."
"I didn't! It wasn't me!" Niwumin vehemently retorted, then turned to his brother and asked, "Why did you hide the stone in the snowball?"
"Because my brother was beaten... I want to avenge him..."
As soon as these words came out, the situation exploded instantly. The "crime" of the Niwu people is basically confirmed, no matter how it is explained, it becomes a feeble sophistry.
"That's too much! I didn't expect to do this! Please don't play with them in the future!"
"That's it, I won't play with them anymore!"
"I don't dare to play with them, I'm afraid they will retaliate against me in the future..."
The accusations made Niwumin furious. He kicked down the snow wall, grabbed his brother's arm and walked out: "If you don't want to play, you won't play. If I didn't instigate you, I didn't instigate you!"
When the two were about to step out of the palace gate, they saw Zhang Junsheng slowly raising his head. Zhang Qingmeng noticed that his expression was sullen at first, and then quickly changed to a sunny smile. The whole process was so fast that almost no one noticed. Zhang Qingmeng was secretly surprised. Is his son pretending?
"Oh... it's obvious that the military army is attacking me, why should the military civilians be brought along?" Zhang Junsheng scratched his head with a smile.
"Brother! He must have secretly instigated it!"
"Absolutely?" Zhang Junsheng pinched Zhang Xiaoxin's round and tender face: "Sister, are you so sure?"
"Because..." Zhang Xiaoxin didn't know what to say, so she could only turn her head in grievance.
Niwumin couldn't wait to be cleared, so he said to Zhang Junsheng: "Don't you know my character? If you lose, you lose. How can I instigate others to retaliate?"
"That is to say - the one who made the mistake was obviously Wu Jun -" Zhang Junsheng deliberately played a long tune, making everyone laugh.
In the end, it was just a slap on Niwujun's forehead as punishment. Other children are accusing Zhang Junsheng, saying that he is too simple and is easily bullied. Zhang Junsheng just smiled and didn't care. Zhang Junsheng continued to liven up the atmosphere, and everyone was having more fun than before.
I didn't expect my son to solve the problem like this. Zhang Qingmeng was very interested in this. Late at night, when he was about to go to bed, Zhang Qingmeng came to Zhang Junsheng's room in person, sat on the bed, and talked about today's events.
"Father, I want to know what you think?"
Zhang Junsheng lay on the pillow and thought for a while, then said: "I thought my father understood it-"
"That... of course." Zhang Qingmeng suppressed the embarrassment: "I just want to hear your opinion. Of course my father understands."
"Father, do you mean that the armed forces attacked me secretly? He did it himself, I know."
"Why are you so sure? Isn't it possible that the Niwu civilians were secretly instigating this?"
Zhang Junsheng sat up and rubbed his eyes: "Wu Min is brave but not stupid. He immediately retaliated after being defeated by me. Everyone knows that it was him who was the instigator... Besides, after that, he really tried his best to help me have a snowball fight. , is enough to prove innocence.”
"Everything is possible. If he is really the instigator behind it, you will be very uncomfortable playing in the future."
Zhang Junsheng yawned and said in a very soft voice: "Even if this is the case, I can't break off our relationship..."
"This is why?"
"Because, children need military civilians... Breaking off friendships with friends at such a critical moment will only make the situation worse, and others will not dare to play with me..."
"Then...are you still playing like before?"
Zhang Junsheng lay down again and said in a sleepy voice: "Just be careful, at least we had a lot of fun today..."
Then he added: "When someone is needed, letting others punish him will not only not make people respect him, but will be counterproductive. Don't you understand such a simple truth?"
It is difficult for Zhang Qingmeng not to apply this sentence to Gao Chou's case. If he thinks about it carefully, Gao Chou is the hero who has been with him for the longest time in starting a business. Once he is killed, not only will he not be able to solve the food problem, but it will also chill the brothers. Heart. If he can be allowed to overcome his merits, Gao Chou will definitely live up to expectations with his years of experience.
As for whether to rebel, Zhang Qingmeng believed that as long as Gao Chou didn't know the whereabouts of Yin Er and was innocent, then he would definitely not flee. How could Gao Chou, such a smart person, commit corruption at such a critical time? Everything is figured out!
"Hahahaha! You are indeed my Jiang'er!" Zhang Qingmeng was so excited that she hugged her son on the bed and kept kissing his cheek. Zhang Junsheng's face was filled with fear and resistance, and he hurriedly said: "Father, what are you doing? Stop..."
Zhang Qingmeng jumped three feet high in excitement, and quickly sent people into the palace, ordering the emperor to issue an edict to pardon Gao Chou and restore him to his original position.
Gao Chou lived up to expectations. As soon as he was reinstated, he contacted Ma Youyi. Relying on this relationship, he attracted many chambers of commerce who were willing to lend grain to the court to solve the urgent military needs ahead. Part of the stolen money recovered was used to buy grain on the market at low prices to continuously transport it to the front line. All of this is just to prove his innocence.
The military adviser on the front line learned in the letter that it was not King Zheng who solved the problem, but Gongzi Shi. He praised him repeatedly and filled the letter with words of praise without hesitation, and finally concluded that the young master has the demeanor of a leader and will become a great person in the future.
Soon, after the soldiers on the front line received supplies, they once again narrowed the encirclement. However, the food on Ren Lian's side had long been exhausted. He could only kowtow to the north and hold on to the impossible hope in his heart.
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