Daming kill

Chapter 238
"Yuan Shilang left so soon?"

Xu Wenqi, who was led back to the courtyard, asked very uncertainly. He had avoided it in another place just now.

Yuan Jixian knew that he should and had to avoid here, otherwise it would be really embarrassing, and it would make everyone unable to step down.

"Well, let's go."

Song Baolai replied in a daze. He was obviously still in shock and hadn't recovered from the shock, as if something big had happened.

"Yuan Shilang is a bit interesting." Li Ping said a meaningful sentence at the same time, although his expression was not stupid but also strange.

Xu Wenqi deliberately sniffed the air with his nose in surprise, and then asked in surprise, "Did he scold you?"

Although he also drank wine, Xu Wenqi's nose became sensitive again just after returning from a stay elsewhere. He could clearly smell the aroma of wine in the air and the extremely strong smell of hot pot.

"He pretended he didn't smell anything, and even drove out his followers without asking you." Li Ping continued to say with a strange expression.

"call!"

Xu Wenqi heaved a sigh of relief as if he had relieved a heavy burden. He was also a little worried about Yuan Jixian's second-hander. He was not sure whether Yuan Jixian planned to let everyone continue to play tricks, especially since Li Ping showed his tricks so much and didn't give everyone face.

We all know it's acting, but it's outrageous if it's not true, and it can't be too much, otherwise others won't be able to pick it up, and once it gets out, everyone will be fooled!

With a sudden shock, Xu Wenqi seemed to understand and asked anxiously: "Why did he come to you? He wants you to fight Yuezhou?"

Xu Wenqi never urged Li Ping to fight Yuezhou through anyone, expressly or implicitly, and even this time he came here without any intention to lead in this regard.

Xu Wenqi knew very well that the war in Huguang was difficult to deal with, and he knew that Zhang Xianzhong's army was in full swing.

As soon as Zhang Xianzhong went south from Wuchang, Wang Yangji, the censor of Youqian capital who had previously run from Wuchang to Yuezhou, went to Changsha again, and then the governor Wang Jukui who finally arrived in Huguang (who was originally here to succeed Song Yihe) also only stayed in Yuezhou for two Tianjiu also ran to Changsha to escape, and Zuo Liangyu, who had more than 20 soldiers, also flinched again after arriving in Wuchang.

Civil and military officials are all like this, and this battle cannot be fought at all.

Wherever Zhang Xianzhong's Bingfeng went, the people were completely panicked, and the officials and the people were all defeated. Even if there were a few loyal and brave people, in such a situation, they were nothing more than mantis' arms, and could not affect the overall situation.

Under such circumstances, Xu Wenqi has no reason or reason to push a guerrilla with only a few thousand soldiers to die. He is not that pedantic.

What's more, he didn't think the current Zuo Liangyu was Zhang Xianzhong's opponent. The fiasco in Guangji County had fully exposed the weakness of Zuo Liangyu's troops.

But Yuan Jixian is different.

As far as Xu Wenqi knew, Yuan Jixian, who was ordered by the emperor, was very anxious about the current situation. He had been trying his best to persuade Zuo Liangyu to lead his troops south to attack Zhang Xianzhong.

Of course Zuo Liangyu remained unmoved.

For this reason, Yuan Jixian's anxious eyes were red and red every day, and the circle of bubbles on the corners of his mouth never disappeared. Xu Wenqi, who worked in the same city, had heard Yuan Jixian talk about Li Ping's excellent warfare and miracles more than once.

Xu Wenqi reckoned that Yuan Jixian might not be able to bear it any longer. Zhang Xianzhong's army marching south again was obviously an opportunity.

"He just came to announce the imperial court's appointment to me, and left without saying anything else. Oh, he also said something else. When he left, he took some roasted sweet potatoes and praised me a little bit. .” Li Ping’s answer was very unexpected.

While eating hot pot in the inner courtyard, Li Ping ordered a lot of sweet potatoes to be roasted in the outer courtyard. This was to cover up the smell of hot pot and wine as much as possible, mainly to avoid attracting the attention of soldiers and civilians passing by the house from outside.

In fact, he still pays more attention to the influence, and doesn't want to be passed on by some daredevil because of a small loss.

As soon as Yuan Jixian came, Li Ping was quick-witted, removed the hot pot, and then brought all the roasted sweet potatoes from the outer courtyard into the inner courtyard, and called all his subordinates in, pretending that he was sharing the joys and sorrows with his subordinates, eating fresh roasted sweet potatoes, and also It's deception!

As for the smell of wine, you can only talk nonsense with your eyes open.

This can be regarded as taking care of Yuan Jixian's face as much as possible, so that everyone has a step down.

"Why, have you been promoted to the chief soldier?" Xu Wenqi guessed the answer directly without seeming surprised at all.

His new appointment has arrived, so it stands to reason that Li Ping's award should also arrive.

But Song Baolai shouted in shock, "How do you know?"

Xu Wenqi gave Song Baolai a blank look, and then looked at Li Ping, who was frowning and didn't respond to his guessed answer, and asked again: "Aren't you the commander-in-chief who doesn't belong to Zuo Liangyu? Yuan Shilang should have said more." sentence?"

Li Ping was finally surprised this time. He looked at Xu Wenqi, who wanted to be confirmed, and said: "The imperial court restored the titles of Zuo Zongbing General Pingze and Prince Shaobao, and Ma Jinzhong and other deputy generals were also promoted to Zongbing and continued to return to Zuo. The general is in command. However, the appointment given to me is the general army of Sichuan, to assist in the suppression in Huguang, and not subject to the restraint of General Zuo."

"Oh, it looks like this! This fool Yuan is really interesting." Xu Wenqi had an expression of surprise but not surprise.It may be that guessing is always guessing, and it is still surprising to guess correctly.

However, his expression and words also seemed a little disappointed.

But without waiting for Li Ping to be surprised, Xu Wenqi immediately solved the answer himself. He hesitated to say: "This left..., hi! Let alone, the court also has difficulties with the court."

Xu Wenqi seems to have some complaints about Zuo Liangyu not receiving any punishment and returning to his post.

"Is this God's will?" Song Baolai suddenly asked at this moment.

"What are you talking about? What do you mean?" Xu Wenqi's face changed suddenly, he obviously misunderstood.

Li Ping was also stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood what Song Baolai meant. He hurriedly pointed Song Baolai's head, and then shouted: "Come back to your senses, it's not God's will that we don't have sex with Zuo Liangyu, it's the court's fault." It is thanks to Xu Siqing's strong recommendation."

At this time, Li Ping didn't care about using the honorific address for Zuo Liangyu anymore, and he felt that it was time to change his words.

"No, no, I'm not that capable. You should thank Yuan Shilang." Xu Wenqi hastily argued.

Song Baolai woke up suddenly, he was really distracted just now, and hurriedly followed Li Ping's intention to cover up: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't expect to get rid of Zuo Liangyu so soon, I'm a little confused .”

Song Baolai also knew that Xu Wenqi was very upset with Zuo Liangyu.

"Oh! Really?" Although Xu Wenqi's expression eased, he was still a little puzzled.

"Then my eldest brother doesn't need to be restrained by Zuo Liangyu in the future. Who will control it? Does it mean that he can make his own decisions?" Song Baolai did not know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and then threw out his ignorance and confusion. best cover up.

Li Ping also looked at Xu Wenqi curiously, but he didn't quite understand.

Sure enough, Xu Wenqi's puzzled expression immediately disappeared, but the expression he put on was a bit awkward.

He only heard him say weakly: "In this case, you must obey Yuan Shilang's orders."

"Listen to Yuan Shilang?" Song Baolai's eyes straightened.

"Listen to Yuan Shilang? But he didn't say anything to me!" Li Ping was also a little surprised and confused.

Xu Wenqi stroked his beard and said with emotion: "If you don't tell the truth, Yuan Shilang has exceeded my expectations. But this time Yuan Shilang continued to cover up for you, and he didn't intend to repay you with favor. A sensible person, I still underestimate him."

After Xu Wenqi finished expressing his emotion, several people in the small courtyard did not speak for a while, and everyone fell into further thinking and comprehension.

But a timid voice quickly broke the silence, it was from Liu Xiaohui who was hiding in the house.

"Masters, the charcoal fire in the hot pot is about to go out, do you want to continue adding charcoal?"

Li Ping twisted his neck, looked at Liu Xiaohui, who was beautiful and delicious, smiled and said: "Of course I will add it. I have become the commander-in-chief, and I have to celebrate it. Take it out quickly, and then go find some wine and meat, or we will get drunk." endlessly."

"Yes, never get drunk." Xu Wenqi also laughed heartily.

Although the current situation is not going well, today is a day worth celebrating and a day for them to gather together.

Moreover, Xu Wenqi really didn't want to go back today. He didn't want to face the generals of the left army who started flattering him again after learning that he was going to Nanjing. As soon as those people got the news, they flocked to his house to meet and reminisce. .

Among Zuo Liangyu's subordinates, Xu Wenqi is not without acquaintances, such as General Mao Xianwen.Mao Xianwen was Song Yihe's subordinate, and was later transferred to Qizhou to be led by Xu Wenqi, but Mao Xianwen, like many local garrison generals in Huguang, ran away with Zuo Liangyu when he retreated eastward along the river, which directly led to Zhang Xianzhong's surprisingly smooth entry Huguang.

Xu Wenqi disliked these people who were like grass, and he was unwilling to accept their congratulations and clinging, and he didn't even bother to answer them.

This is also one of the reasons why he no longer avoided suspicion and came to Li Ping's place today and readily agreed to have a drink together.

When the wine in the small courtyard was opened again, and the food in the hot pot was boiling again, the outer courtyard, which had been silent all along, quickly became agitated, and excited whispers surged like a tide.

No one dislikes their boss Gao Sheng, which is good news for everyone.

Soon, Gao Lei and Zhao Lanyue also got the news, and then both of them were stunned and sighed at the same time: "This is really God's will!"

Li Ping wanted to go to Sichuan, but the imperial court appointed him as the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, and Zhang Xianzhong was going to fight Sichuan.

This is not God's will!
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On the way back to Wuchang, Ji Zhangkuang, who followed Yuan Jixian to Li Ping's army, saw Yuan Jixian's serious face and remained silent, and finally couldn't bear it and asked in a low voice: "Master, since you entered the barracks, you knew that Xu Siqing was here, why?" Met Zongbing Li but didn’t mention it anymore?”

Although Zhang Kuang was kicked out of Li Ping's yard at that time, he could still smell the alcohol, but he never asked Yuan Jixian why he didn't expose Li Ping.

Zhang Kuang was originally the magistrate of Mianyang. In March of this year, Li Zicheng's troops trapped Hao Yaoqi in his city, and his fellow Zhi Ma Biao died. Zhang Kuang escaped and later served Yuan Jixian in Jiujiang as a supervisor.As the governor of a state, he understands some things and knows not to talk nonsense.

Yuan Jixian liked Zhang Kuang very much, and he liked to take him with him in everything, including going to Fuchi back then.Not only does Zhang Kuang know the rules very well, but also because Zhang Kuang is also a Jinshi, very talented and capable, and his character is trustworthy.

"Wouldn't it be embarrassing for each other to mention it again, how can he answer me?" Yuan Jixian replied lightly.

But what Zhang Kuang said at the beginning was actually just an introduction, and he continued to ask, "Then are you sure that Xu Siqing is still in Li Zongbing's army? I thought you planned to invite Xu Siqing to come with you again some day." .”

Yuan Jixian glanced at Zhang Kuang, hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Xu Siqing and the generals of the Zuo army are not on good terms, so where can Hanyang be if he is not in Li Ping's army? I wasn't sure if he was still there. But after seeing Li Ping, he was sure that he was still in doubt, otherwise, Li Ping would never drink during the day (with the intention of drinking)."

"Then why don't you take this opportunity to join hands with Xu Siqing to proclaim the righteousness and the emperor's favor to President Li? I'm afraid Xu Siqing will leave someday." Zhang Kuang successfully turned the words back.

He had already guessed that Yuan Jixian wanted to use the special relationship between Xu Wenqi and Li Ping to put pressure on Li Ping.

Yuan Jixian glanced at Zhang Kuang, smiled wryly and said, "I thought so too, but then I realized that some words are useless. If something can be done, I don't need to say too much. Li Zongbing is not a person who is timid. Xu Si Qing is not a foolish minister. And we shouldn’t be looking for the end, we should focus on the general who suppressed the bandits.”

In the end, Yuan Jixian specifically called Zuo Liangyu General Ping Zei, and these words were very heavy.

Zhang Kuang was stunned, and said softly: "I have been taught!"

But Yuan Jixian's heart became heavier at this time, and he murmured: "I just don't know how long Changsha can hold on, it's a lost domain!"

It's a pity that Changsha fell on this day when Yuan Jixian wailed, but fortunately, King Ji in the city and King Hui who fled from Jingzhou had already fled to Hengzhou.

(End of this chapter)