Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 269
inside the cabin,

The tea was steaming hot, reflecting the tired faces of several people.

on the wooden bed,

Commander Lu, who was sitting, nodded heavily when he heard what Lord Hou said, and replied;
"Yes, Lord Hou, those who control the ships are soldiers of the guards. As for the attacking men in black, I guess that there are so many people and some elite ones must be from the Jiangnan camp, but It’s not quite right either, the Jiangnan Camp generally doesn’t move.”

Duan Hong was a little unbelievable when he heard it from the side. The Jiangnan camp was the mobile force of the imperial court in Jiangnan, and it was controlled by the Ministry of War.

"The old general can't. The soldiers of the Jiangnan camp are under the control of the imperial military department. If such a large-scale transfer is discovered, it will be a crime of treason."

Zhang Jinyu is also a little suspicious. If it is said that the government army and the local guards understand it, but if it is said that the people in the Jiangnan camp really don't believe it. Those salt merchants mingled.

unless
Zhang Jinyu's eyes turned cold, unless he knew that he was going to Jiangnan, and he was here for him.

General Lu explained;

"What General Duan said is true. Master Hou, the last general also thought so at the time, but Lord Hou, not to mention the attack and ambush, is to fight head-on. The skills and weapons and armor used by these people are imperial standard equipment. Guard, where are there so many reserves?"

Duan Hong didn't speak for a while, thinking about the ideal Jiangnan side, there must be a lot of people with so much equipment, and a lot of people in Jiangnan means a lot of soldiers, which is quite a lot.

"Old general, there are not many places. There are so many soldiers, only the Jinling garrison general, the Jiangnan camp and the left-behind Four Guards Forbidden Army headquarters, and the Jinling garrison camp. These few places are difficult to crack. ah."

General Lu heard Duan Hong frowning and counting all the armies in the south of the Yangtze River in detail, so he deliberately said with a smile;

"Why, General Duan has counted so many, but is he afraid?"

Duan Hong laughed when he heard this, and said loudly;
"Old general, what are you talking about? I'm afraid? I, Duan Hong, have been fighting outside the pass with Lord Hou for many years. I have already put life and death aside. Now that I am inside the pass, I have almost lost my life along the way. There is nothing to be afraid of."

"Good general, Lu admires him."

Commander Lu was also out of loyalty, and praised him a lot, but accidentally pulled the wound, grinning in pain.

When Zhang Jinyu heard the conversation between the two, he didn't know that it was a reminder to himself. No matter what, these big camps were able to dispatch troops.

I never thought that Commander Lu is also treated by Chicheng, okay.

"Come here, order the back kitchen to serve a table of good wine and good food, so this Marquis will have a drink with Commander Lu and the old brother today."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

While drinking tea, in the cabin at the bow of the ship, directly served a table of banquets, Zhang Jinyu picked up the wine cup and said;
"The old general is injured, just have a drink and then eat vegetables. Do it."

"Master Hou, do it."

"Dry."

The three of them gulped down immediately.

"Ahem, good wine, Lord Hou, you should be more open-minded, and you will take it in the end."

Zhang Jinyu put down the wine cup and stared at Commander Lu's eyes and said;
"Old general, in the eyes of this Marquis, those who live and die together are brothers. Zhang may not do well in other things, but he will never let his brothers suffer."

Seeing Master Hou revealing his true feelings, Lu Yi couldn't hold back his eyes turning red, and asked;
"Master Hou, since you said so, I will show my old face once and ask you, what is Master Hou going to do with the pension money of the brothers who died in the guard this time?"

Zhang Jinyu patted the table, eyes widened angrily, and roared;
"All the pension money will be doubled, and if the family has a wife and children, those who have sons will directly replace his father's position, and those who don't have more money, that's great."

Lu Yi couldn't believe it when he heard it, and immediately got up and knelt on the ground with a "plop" and kowtowed his head.
"Master Hou, the last general kowtows to you on behalf of the brothers who died in the guard."

Zhang Jinyu immediately helped Lu Yi and said angrily;

"Get up, what kind of decency is it? Even if you kneel down, I will kneel down to them. Those who work for me will never owe them a penny."

Commander Lu was pulled away, with tears still remaining in the corners of his eyes, he choked up and said;
"Master Hou is merciful, but Master Hou died this time, there are quite a few brothers in the guards, and this money is quite a lot."

"Yes, Lord Hou, do you need to think about it in the long run?"

Duan Hong also knew that the situation in the south of the Yangtze River was unclear, and he didn't know what it would be like when he got there, so he also advised him.

Zhang Jinyu ignored the two of them, picked up the jug and filled himself with a cup of wine, then drank it all in one gulp, with red eyes, and said viciously;

"You two, after suffering such a big loss, why do you still have to swallow your breath when you arrive in Jiangnan! Do you know what this is?"

Zhang Jinyu took out a gold waist card from his waist and threw it heavily on the table. Lu Yi took it over carefully and looked at it carefully. It turned out to be the token of the number one martial arts performer in the capital. It said the number one army in the world, such as In person, Commander Lu lost his voice while holding his badge;
"This is the golden order, my God."

"Then do you know its origin?"

Zhang Jinyu asked again.

"Your Majesty, you are asking the right person. Around the time of the previous dynasty, the imperial guards were the number one in all martial arts performances, so the emperor deliberately changed the golden order and engraved it in the world. The first army is the supreme glory. But in the end, our dynasty won the world, and the whereabouts of the general Jinling has been unknown since then. I didn’t expect that he has been in the hands of the royal family.

Holding the golden order, Lu Yi blushed, and continued;

"It wasn't until Luo Yunhou won the first place in this martial arts competition, and the Holy Majesty gave this order, that all the soldiers and horses in the world recognized this token and came out of the world again."

"Haha, well, well said, this Marquis has seen it for a while. Now that I have this order, how can I bear such a bad temper, and it will only make people in the world laugh at me."

Duan Hong and General Lu were silent for a while, Duan Hong looked at Lord Hou firmly, and said;
"Master Hou, as long as you speak, the last general, who has given up his skin, will definitely charge forward for you."

"People say that the guards are as timid as a mouse, hiding their heads and showing their tails, but they don't know that the brothers are all forced. This is the dragon's lake and tiger's den. The last general will follow Lord Hou to the end, and he will never frown."

"Good brother, come. Drink this cup of wine to the full."

The three of them poured wine again and did it together.

After drinking, Duan Hong asked a little worriedly,

"Master Hou, where are we going to disembark? Is it still Yangzhou?"

"Master Hou, I'm afraid Yangzhou has already panicked. Those salt merchants are irrelevant. Be careful of those in Jinling."

Commander Lu knew that the real honorable families were all in Jinling to accompany them.

Zhang Jinyu nodded, and smiled darkly,
"Commander Lu, when you get back to the leading ship, set sail and set sail at the maximum speed, we will go straight to the Jinling City wharf, and shoot and kill anyone who dares to block us. When we arrive at Jinling City, Duan Hong, you and General Lu will stay behind in the navy. , Benhou and General Ning led Eunuch Zhao straight to Jinling Old Palace."

"Master Hou, do you want to?"

Lu Yi glanced at the two of them and whispered,
"Four Guards of the Forbidden Army!"

The Yamen of the Imperial City of Yangzhou,
Ji Yunhui was sitting on the high hall, and his subordinates had already controlled the inside and outside of the yamen, and captured many people from the Yangzhou Imperial City Department.

"Quick, bring people in,"

"Yes, my lord."

The person standing below is naturally the person from the Imperial City Department brought from the capital, and the person who is escorted up is Luo Shanqing, a hundred households of the Yangzhou Imperial City Department.

"Kneel down."

The escort behind him kicked Luo Baihu's leg, and with a "plop", Luo Baihu knelt on the ground.

"Hiss, it's brewing, slow down, it's all my own people, why should I do such a heavy hand."

Luo Baihu, who was kneeling on the ground, endured the pain and cursed angrily, looking at Lord Qianhu in the hall unwillingly.

Ji Yunhui didn't get annoyed, just watched Luo Baihu kneeling in the hall quietly from above, and didn't say a word for a while, and even asked his subordinates to lead people to search the kitchen first, and let his own people take turns to eat.

It was daylight now,

"My lord, have some porridge and eat something."

"Well, let it go."

Xiaoqi under the hall put the porridge, steamed buns and side dishes on the table in front of the high platform, and Ji Yunhui picked up his chopsticks and ate them without hesitation.

Luo Baihu's legs were numb while kneeling on the ground, and his stomach was growling with hunger. When he saw the incense that Ji Qianhu was eating, he couldn't bear it and said;

"My lord, if you have something to ask, just ask. What's the point of leaving your humble job here without asking?"

Ji Yunhui put down the steamed bun, took a sip of porridge, and praised;
"The rice from Jiangnan is better, and the porridge is so sweet. It's just that whether some people can eat it or not depends on his performance today."

Luo Shanqing still couldn't hear the implication of Lord Qianhu's words, so he kept nodding and said;
"My lord, if you ask me, I don't dare to lie in a lowly position, and the young one is just a piece of shit waiting to die."

Looking at the hundreds of households in the hall, he must not be a person with strong bones, so some methods are not necessary.

"Okay, I see you are refreshing, get up."

"Thank you, my lord, whoops! It hurts."

Luo Baihu didn't stand up after standing for several times, his legs and feet hurt so much that he had to sit on the ground with his legs straight, rested for a while, and then stood up with a chair on one side and sat on it.

Looking at Luo Shanqing's familiar appearance, Ji Yunhui didn't say too much, seeing Luo Baihu taking a breath, he asked,

"Luo Baihu, do you have anything to say? Think it over."

Luo Baihu felt better, and immediately answered Ji Qianhu's question;
"My lord, I have something to say about my humble position. My lord, there are not thousands of households in charge of the imperial city's yamen. There is only one hundred households in charge. That person is the confidant of the commander who stayed behind in Jinling Jiangnan. The young one is just a janitor. I do not know."

"Oh, then you said where did the original Master Qianhu go, why can't he go home and rest?"

Ji Yunhui is a little puzzled, Yangzhou is such a big city, where can Qianhu, the imperial city secretary, no longer serve?
Unexpectedly, Luo Baihu shouted in horror;
"Dead, dead!"

(End of this chapter)