Ninefold above

Chapter 160 Skylight

The whole of Subei was shrouded in a curtain of rain, and the official roads were muddy, let alone trails.

It will be dark.

Cheng Yao's body was completely soaked by the rain, and only the bamboo hat on her head was barely covered, so that people's vision would not be blurred. Zhuo San climbed up from the other side of the path, climbing up the tree trunk, and Cheng Yao immediately approached: "How?"

Zhuo San said: "Reliable!"

Cheng Yao felt relieved when she heard that, and the two walked along the country road. After half an hour, they finally arrived at the farmhouse where they were staying. Because of the rain, the owner had already fallen asleep. The two changed into clean clothes and sat at the table drinking silently. Cold water, while thinking, Cheng Yao worried about the heavy rain, and said: "If it continues like this, our inspection will probably take a while longer."

Zhuo San said: "There is no way to delay, there are only the last two places left, we should start earlier."

Cheng Yao is quite frightened now. What happened to Li Zhaozhong has given her a lot of excitement. She can't act carelessly. Only by going through the Seven Great Passes herself can she feel at ease, and she can also use this trip to secretly observe whether there are any Li family members. people are here.

The two talked for a while, and then fell asleep.

At dawn the next day, the rain continued unabated, and the two set off in the rain to the next place.

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Lu Chengfeng went all the way smoothly, when he arrived at the big camp, Du Rufeng was waiting, and the two greeted him, Du Rufeng said: "It's just in time to come back, people from the four camps are here!"

"Who's here?" Lu Chengfeng asked.

Du Rufeng said as he walked, "Master."

Lu Chengfeng paused, and involuntarily looked at the main tent in the distance: "Are you all here?"

"Wu Ju didn't come, saying it was raining too much."

Lu Chengfeng thought about it, and Du Rufeng said with a serious expression: "I don't think he is kind."

Lu Chengfeng sneered: "The visitors are not kind? I think they are daring. They have endured for too long and really thought I was fooled in Yanjing."

The three walked forward and soon reached the big tent, Dong Jiu opened the curtain, the two of them entered, and the three who were waiting looked over immediately.

Li Zhaozhong, Zou Xianwei, and Sun Muquan were all wearing military armor, with solemn faces, and they didn't get up when they saw Lu Chengfeng. Li Zhaozhong said without any warmth in his tone, "Our little marshal is back."

This sentence sounded more like a taunt to Lu Chengfeng's ears. She had doubts on her face, glanced at the three of them, and asked in puzzlement, "The three uncles came here late at night, did something important happen?"

Li Zhaozhong looked over and said, "The three of us have something to ask you."

Lu Chengfeng remained calm, turned his right hand away, and made a silent gesture. Du Rufeng's eyes darkened suddenly, and he heard Lu Chengfeng say: "The three uncles have something important to say to me, you go out first Bar."

Du Rufeng and Dong Jiu were about to go out as promised, but Li Zhaozhong said, "Rufeng stay!"

Du Rufeng was startled, and could only nod his head this time. Lu Chengfeng stood in front of the two of them, blocking half of the line of sight. When he turned his head, Du Rufeng took a deep look at Dong Jiu. Open the curtain and get out.

He took two steps calmly. After making sure that the people inside would not be disturbed, he quickly walked to the left and quickly disappeared into the rain.

The two people in the tent sat down, Lu Chengfeng glanced at the three of them, and then said with a smile: "What do the three uncles want to tell me?"

Zou Xianwei said solemnly, "We'll ask you something, and you must answer truthfully."

Lu Chengfeng kept smiling, Du Rufeng looked at it with lowered eyebrows, his heart raised involuntarily.

Zou Xianwei said: "Before, you have been pushing back and forth against the needs of the four major battalions. Did you use the military supplies to buy war horses and crossbows? Qianlongwei is indeed a very good fighting cavalry, but you, as a local commander, are so partial to Qing cavalry , What do you let the soldiers of the other battalions think?"

Lu Chengfeng rubbed his fingers against the slightly wet robe, smiled and said, "What is General Zou talking about, didn't you four say that I am in charge?"

Zou Xianwei said: "It's up to you, but your actions are unfair!"

Lu Chengfeng said: "Qingqi is brave and good at fighting, and goes deep into the hinterland. It is reasonable for me to spend money to buy them military supplies."

This remark suddenly sounded a bit arbitrary, and Sun Muquan frowned: "The three of us disagree with your approach. According to your opinion, Qingqi is brave and good at fighting, and ordinary soldiers will not fight bloody battles to guard the border? How many times have this word spread? Should soldiers be chilled?"

Lu Chengfeng said unhurriedly: "Why do these words sound like accusing me? Are you going to spread these words?"

Lu Chengfeng seemed regretful and said: "I thought you were all elders and would be considerate of me, but I never thought it would be like this. If this word gets out and the soldiers feel chilled, I, the commander, won't be able to sit still. At some point, either I will go down on my own, or a few generals will take me down..."

Her words were half-true and half-fake, Li Zhaozhong said, "If you act without deviation, everyone will obey you."

Lu Chengfeng said: "Oh? General Li is saying that I have deviated in my actions? What is the method of deviation? Let's listen to it."

Li Zhaozhong said: "You didn't discuss, in order to cultivate your own confidant team, you ignored the needs of other soldiers in the four battalions, this is a deviation!"

Lu Chengfeng's eyes gradually darkened.

"You took advantage of your military power to force Yan Ping to approve Zhou Fang's documents, regardless of the rights and interests of mediocre merchants. This is the second deviation!"

Li Zhaozhong stared at her with sharp eyes: "You privately build bows and crossbows to search for people's wealth, this is the third error!"

Lu Chengfeng looked at him.

"We veterans watched you grow up, but never thought that you would become what you are today. Chengfeng, you take the initiative to apologize now. We uncles will naturally not sit idly by. We will intercede for you and save your life." life."

Du Rufeng frowned deeply. Seeing the aggressive appearance of the three of them, he had obviously made up his mind to come here. It must be hard to be kind today, and he couldn't help secretly anxious, wondering if Dong Jiu understood what he meant just now.

Lu Chengfeng sneered: "I thought the three generals came to talk to me, but I didn't expect that they came to ask my teacher for a crime."

She stood up while talking, and said: "Today's situation, if you were in the past, you would never be able to do it, and you will be responsible for the military if you commit crimes next time."

Zou Xianwei asked: "You did something wrong, others can't ask you?"

Lu Chengfeng glanced at him, and pulled the corners of his lips: "In the final analysis, the reason the three generals behaved like this today is because they think I'm not worthy to sit on this chair."

The three couldn't help but remain silent, but silence is sometimes an answer.

"The so-called doing something wrong is just a source of excuses. You want to use this to make me retreat wisely and let me guess, ah——"

The word "ah" of Lu Chengfeng is a bit playful: "Let me guess, if I fall down because of this, with the old affairs of the Lu family, and such a one-two-three mistake, I probably won't fall into it again in this life." No barracks, this just suits your heart, am I right, General Li?"

(End of this chapter)