Nearly ten horsemen galloped from the direction of Jianxinzhai in the northwest corner of the capital, like the vanguard of a charge, kicking up the dust behind their horses and rushing straight to Xizhimen. Although these people are dressed as servants, if you look closely, they are all dressed in brocade clothes and mink fur, and they have an aura of wealth and domineering. The soldiers guarding the Xizhimen city were about to step forward to stop them, but this group of knights shouted angrily instead. Make a sound.
"The disciples of Duke Chengguo's Mansion have returned to Beijing to report urgently, please get out of the way!"
"The servants of the British government have returned to Beijing to report urgently, please get out of the way!"
"The disciples of Duke Dingguo's Mansion have returned to Beijing to report urgently, please get out of the way!"
"The Marquis of Linhuai..."
"Marquis Zhenyuan..."
"Marquis Fengcheng..."
"..."
The soldiers guarding the city were too frightened to come forward. They turned around and whispered to the officer leading the team: "General Banner, look at this..."
The commander-in-chief was only in his thirties. At this time, his throat moved and he said with difficulty: "Let them go, let them go."
The guarding soldier nodded first, then hesitated for a moment, and asked for instructions: "But we haven't checked the customs defense and waist badges yet. In case the superiors ask, is it a bit..."
"Pa!" The commander-in-chief snapped his flag, half-truthfully pretending to slap the soldier's hat, and said angrily: "Did you blind your mother's eyes? What are you checking? Among these people just now, that Didn’t you fucking see who the first uncle is? That’s Mr. Zheng Wu who is serving Young Master Yingzhen at Duke Chengguo’s house!"
Another young soldier who was only 17 or 18 years old was a little unconvinced and asked: "I am just a servant of Duke Chengguo's house. I am not afraid of being caught by the censor patrolling the city and getting into trouble with Duke Chengguo." Is it troublesome?"
"Huh? I'm talking about Li Shan'er, if I remember correctly, it was your brother who passed the Scholarship Examination, but it wasn't your kid who passed the Scholarship Examination, right! Huh? What's the matter, a scholarly master is born in the family? Speaking of which, Are you saying something that sounds like an old man?" The commander-in-chief glanced at the young soldier with squinted eyes and curled his lips and said: "The censor is very powerful, but how can any censor be regarded as a prince if he has nothing to do? What's more, Duke Chengguo is an honorable leader and has always been responsible for the defense of the capital. His servants have urgent reports. Do you dare to say that it is not for urgent military affairs? If you delay important events, how many heads do you have? You will suffer a lot. rise?"
This reason seems to be very reasonable. The surrounding soldiers responded in succession, and the commander-in-chief was even more proud. He said to Li Shan'er as if he was pointing the country: "Boy, if I hadn't done it for your father's sake, I didn't bother to do it." Let me teach you: Although the censor of the city is big, he can't hit people like you and me in the butt. But it's different for Duke Chengguo. Let alone the old man, even his grandson Ying Zhen is young. My father-in-law, I said I want to skin you today, you are so stinky that you will definitely not be able to survive!"
When he said this, he snorted coldly: "Do you know why? Because we are all damn people from the Beijing camp, and the Duke of Guo, the Duke of England, and the Duke of Ding are the ones who have been in the Beijing camp for hundreds of years. Changed leader! Damn, he is a copycat horse bandit. The big boss wants to kill a small bandit. It’s just a matter of words. What’s more, we who have been serving as soldiers and bread for generations? How dare you offend them? Haha. , Boy, it doesn’t matter whether you are seeking death yourself, but don’t ask so many of us to support you, we men, we have to point at Duke Chengguo and others to enjoy the food!"
The soldier who spoke first saw that the commander-in-chief was training him more and more, and he became more and more angry. He was afraid that Li Shan'er would suffer a loss, so he stood up and smoothed things over and said, "Master, commander-in-chief, please calm down. Li Shan'er has only been here for two or three months to support his father. What?" If you don’t understand anything, don’t be as knowledgeable as a young boy like him, that’s not the case! Besides, General Qi, don’t you think the situation just now is a bit strange?”
The commander-in-chief originally wanted to reprimand him, but the soldier in front of him was always cunning and quite clever. When he asked, he successfully diverted the commander-in-chief's attention and subconsciously asked: "What's weird? Fan Laoer, you Speak clearly."
Fan Laoer hurriedly said: "General Banner, have you ever noticed that these gentlemen who just reported their families have reported almost all the honorable ministers and gentlemen in our capital camp!"
"Oh?" The commander-in-chief turned his eyes and said in surprise: "It's true! But, what does this mean...?"
Fan Laoer said: "Do you still remember that in the morning, the attendant from Gao Ge's hometown also beat us out? And the young marquis of Linhuai Marquis from Nanjing also beat us. Lived here?”
Zong Qi was a little confused: "So what?"
Fan Laoer said: "I went to have dinner at noon. I heard from the people at Daxing Zuowei that Young Master Yingzhen and Young Master Yuangong left through Deshengmen around that time."
The general flag waved his hand: "I am the Yongqing Zuowei. We only care about Xizhimen. I don't know anything about the Daxing Zuowei... But even if it is, so what?"
Fan Laoer quickly explained: "General Qi, please think about it, these two groups of people combined, weren't they brought out by the young men who were served by this group of old men just now? The only exception is the young master who served as the student!" "
"Eh? Don't tell me, it's true." The general manager finally understood what Fan Laoer meant, but he still felt that there was still something missing, so he asked: "Did something happen to them? But? Then why didn’t Gao Shidu send anyone back?”
Fan Laoer lowered his eyebrows and said calmly: "That's a good question from the general banner. It seems that the general banner master also thinks that this matter must be related to the young master who serves as the attendant, and it must be a big deal. Otherwise, this spring outing will only last for three people." Why did you send someone back in such a hurry around the hour?"
"Ah? Ah, yes, yes, I feel the same way..." Zong Qi pretended to ponder, and was a little reserved. He couldn't help but ask: "But what big thing can happen to Gao Shidu? He is The prince is accompanying you, and he is not a great Sima, so he should have nothing to do with the gentlemen above us."
Li Shan'er couldn't stand it anymore and said angrily: "That Gao Shidu is a civil servant, and he is the author of "Long Wen Whip Shadow" which has been widely circulated in the capital recently, but he can't possibly follow these young princes. , the young marquis can only talk about poetry and painting for other reasons. This high official has become very famous recently. In addition to paving the way for the prince's close ministers with the book "Longwen Whip Shadow", he is most famous for two The first thing is to assist Mr. Liu in quelling the banditry in Bailixia, and the second thing is to present soap to Long Live Grandpa..."
After hearing this, the commander-in-chief nodded and said, "You are finally smart for once. It seems that Gao Shidu mentioned the matter of suppressing bandits to the young master and the others."
Naturally, he felt that Gao Pragmatic was looking for a group of distinguished disciples, and the only thing he could do was talk about war.
Fan Laoer smiled bitterly in his heart, but still squeezed out a smile and said: "General Qi is right. But..." Everyone knows that after words like "but" and "but" are said, the real meaning is The key point was that even the commander-in-chief understood it and knew that he must have guessed wrong, but after all, he could not lose face in front of his subordinates. He coughed dryly and said: "However, donating soap is also a big deal, and it may not be the same as what happened just now. related?"
Fan Laoer breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "The General Banner Ming Jian, that's exactly what happened."
