Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 277 Jinling can't sleep at night

Chapter 277 Jinling can't sleep at night
Jinling City,
In the silent night sky, the horn sounded far away, awakening many people.

First of all, in the mansion of Leng Dandong, the commander of the army, many soldiers immediately got up and prepared.

The garrison general of the government army, Leng Dandong, was hugging his concubine Wen Cun on the bed, and was taken aback when he heard the sound of the horn from Dongcheng.
"Master, what's the matter?"

"Ahaha, I don't know which grandson is so quiet, and doesn't stop in the middle of the night. You go to bed first, and the master will come when I go."

General Leng also blushed, so he got up and changed his clothes.

"Oh, master, it's so late, and you still have to worry about military affairs. The people under your command don't understand and the generals don't understand. You can't handle this matter well."

But the concubine has just entered the state, and she passed away without enjoying it. Besides, she is a general in a city, so she doesn't need to go to watch the night by herself, and she can just leave it to her.

"Stop talking nonsense! You wait here obediently, I will come as soon as I go. Come and change clothes."

Although he was reluctant, Leng Dandong immediately got up and changed his clothes. Under the service of the maid, he changed into an official robe. Maybe, they just don't have enough people to fit their teeth.

Putting on the official uniform, holding a long knife, pushed open the door and went out, and shouted to the soldiers in the courtyard;

"Come here, prepare your horse, and go to the west gate."

"Yes, General."

The soldiers also got up early and prepared horses outside the mansion to wait.

Leng Dandong took the reins, turned on the horse, swung the whip fiercely, and slapped it on the horse's buttocks, shouting,

"Go, drive."

"drive."

A group of people left the main entrance of the mansion and went straight to the west gate.

Zhen Jia,

The second master Zhen Yingjia hadn't rested yet. He was reading a book in the study and frowned slightly when he heard the sound of horns coming from outside the house.

"Come on."

"Second Master, what are your orders?"

A steward walked in from the outside and waited there respectfully.

"Are there any noises in the streets outside the mansion?"

"Back to the second master, there is nothing unusual, but someone blew the warning horn at the west gate, and the old slave has already sent guards to lock up all the gatehouses in the house and guard behind. I believe nothing will happen."

The steward also reacted quickly, and immediately reported the arrangement in the yard, Zhen Yingjia nodded and smiled in satisfaction;

"Well done, strengthen the patrol tonight, don't bother the old lady, you can go to investigate in the morning, be careful."

"Yes, Second Master."

Jinling Xue Mansion,

In the house where Xue's mother lived,

"Mother, mother, do you hear anything?"

Xue Baochai hurriedly came out from the boudoir and shouted, only to see a beautiful figure running out, only wearing a small dress, her plump figure should be protruding or upturned, no one could see under the cover of night.

When I arrived at Xue's mother's room, I shouted eagerly to my mother.

"Hey, slow down, my son, what makes you so anxious in such a cold day?"

Xue's mother got up from the bed and felt distressed when she saw her daughter coming out like this. It was still cold spring and the night was still cold, so she hurriedly took the fox fur from behind and put it on Baochai.

"Mother, did my brother ever come back?"

Seeing Baochai's anxious face, Xue's mother was also a little worried, as if she hadn't come back yet.

"Didn't he say he had a drink with his friends? It seems he hasn't come back. What's wrong?"

"Mother, didn't you hear the sound of the horn just now? I was afraid that there would be trouble outside, so I came here to ask."

Xue Baochai wrapped herself in fox fur, frowned, her snow-white face was filled with worry, Xue's mother also became anxious, and asked;

"What should I do? This debt-seeking product is really worrying."

Seeing her mother like this, Xue Baochai was also very angry. If she didn't come back so late, she must have messed around somewhere, and probably fell asleep there.

"Mother, don't worry. My daughter arranged for Ying'er to notify the old servant, so that the servants can handle the door. Brother will know as soon as he arrives. As for brother who might fall asleep there, don't worry."

"This evil obstacle will still cause Baochai to suffer."

Xue's mother couldn't help crying on the bed. Since the death of Master Xue, Xue Pan has been lawless and has no one to discipline him. They all felt that the Xue family was going downhill, but some loyal old servants were always helping the mansion to take advantage of it, so that the Xue family would not decline these years.

"Mother, my family doesn't talk about two different languages, but my brother can't mess around anymore. Think about the family business. It's good to inspect the shop no matter how bad it is."

Xue Baochai felt the crisis in his heart. Although his family was an imperial merchant, his elder brother didn't know anything about the economic affairs of the world, but because of his grandfather's old friendship, the household department put up a false name and received money and food. People wait to deal with it, but those shopkeepers secretly don't know.

"Okay, when your brother comes back, let's talk about him."

Xue's mother naturally nodded her head in agreement, but that appearance did not seem to be preaching. Xue Baochai was a little bitter, and stopped talking as if angry, and sat by the bed without knowing what she was thinking.

But Xue Pan asked for a room on the flower boat, and stayed there with two new arrivals in his arms. Where can you hear the movement outside.

But Mr. Gui and the old bustard heard it, and they were also puzzled, but for the sake of safety, they let the flower boat leave the bank and go to the river just in case.

There are more cases like this. The lanterns on the flower boats dazzle the colored glaze against the central water of the Qinhuai River.

inside the city,

Zhuang Shouzhi, the mansion of Jiangnan's political history, lay on the bed, and smiled mysteriously when he heard the movement. He didn't care what happened outside, turned over and changed his posture, and then closed his eyes.

I think of Jiao Xiong, the leader of the Jiangnan camp, who has been unwilling to attach himself to the civil servants in the south of the Yangtze River, but he has been sitting firmly as the commander of the Jiangnan camp for many years. He used to try to replace him, but once he got to the cabinet Unmoved, I thought it was the reason from the Ministry of Household Affairs, but I never thought that it was not, it was someone protecting Xungui.

It's a pity that I can't keep it this time, and I don't know how to deal with the surnamed Jiao. If you transfer troops privately, you can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from yourself.

The imperial envoy going south is not a fool, so it's a good show to watch.

There is also Gui Yifu, the deputy commander of the Imperial City Department left behind in the south of the Yangtze River, who has been tossing and turning for the past few days. Regarding the matter of Yangzhou City, his confidant Liang Zhaoliang escaped from Yangzhou City and came to report the matter.

I never thought that the people from the capital would be so decisive, and the spies came to report. Only in the evening of the second day, there was no one in the Yamen of Yangzhou Imperial City, and those people even withdrew.

He was also so vigilant, thinking that when he received the news that day, he wanted to dispatch people and contact them directly.

But I can't, I haven't found out who made my own people without anyone knowing it. Presumably those people discovered the magic vines in the Western Regions. Let's see if they can find out who is behind the scenes.

Outside, there was a sound.

"Woooo."

"Huh? What sound!"

In the study, Du Yifu suddenly raised his head and looked out the window, as if he saw the outside of the city. He knew there was something going on outside the city, could it be?
"How is it possible, it came so soon, it is worthy of being the number one army in the world."

Lan Jili, the imperial envoy of Qiandu in the south of the Yangtze River, was sitting in the study and writing a poster. He didn't stop writing when he heard the sound of the horn, and he sneered after finishing it all in one go;
"Everyone is here, let's see how long you can dance around. I haven't seen the emperor's tricks like this in Jiangnan, good word!"

Jinling West City,

the city walls,
The vibrating sound of the lieutenant's feet became louder and clearer, and he was sure it was a large number of cavalrymen, so he couldn't help but swallowed his saliva.

It was also lamenting why I was so unlucky. Others were fine when they were on duty, but why did I encounter such a situation when I arrived, as if thinking of something, I immediately came to the inner side of the city wall and looked down.

The streets in the city were deserted, there was no one at all, and only the city gate was lit with fire. A lot of government soldiers had already gathered in the city, but looking around, many of them didn't have any armor, and they held all kinds of things in their hands. Where is the appearance of defending the city.

Seeing this, the captain felt a chill in his heart, secretly thinking that it was over.

outside the city,

The elite troops led by Zhang Jinyu were already approaching the gate of the city, and they heard the sound of the warning horn just now. The soldiers defending the city were still able to respond quickly, but the distance of the warning was too close, so the sentries must have been distracted.

"law"

"stop!"

Ten thousand war horses snorted and were stopped.

The soldiers of the frontier army naturally stood in a horizontal line at the bottom of the city, and Ning Bian led the soldiers out first, glanced at the few people in the city, and shouted;

"The city guard is here, come out and answer!"

Almost all the soldiers of the government army on the city wall hid behind the crenels and looked down. There were a large number of cavalry, all of which were heavy armor that had never been seen before, and there were also troops from the Imperial City Division among them.

asked the general in a low voice;

"Master Captain, why don't you answer?"

Seeing this, the captain on duty scolded;
"Didn't you hear that the general who defended the city was called to answer? I am a small school and have the qualifications."

"That too."

I thought about it for a while, but the city gate didn't even have a partial general to do anything about it.

"My lord, what should we do? You are the biggest official here, what do you think?"

"How do I know, what do they say?"

The captain also raised his head in fear and took a look below.

Zhang Jinyu looked over from behind. Jinling City really deserves to be the capital of Dawu. The city walls and towers were built according to the capital's specifications.

If it is placed outside the customs, it can be regarded as a magic needle for the sea, but why no one answered.

Seeing that there was no movement in the city, Ning Bian shouted again,
"The city guard is here, come out and answer! If you miss the time, you will be punished for treason!"

Hearing the conspiracy, many people in the government army were a little commotion, what's going on, where did this person come from.

Zhao Si, Eunuch Zhao looked behind for a while, thought for a while, could it be that there is not even a partial general in the city, so he rode a horse and came behind Zhang Jinyu.

"Master Hou, ask General Ning to change the question. If the miscellaneous family guesses correctly, there may not even be a partial general at the city gate."

Zhang Jinyu didn't believe it when he heard it, how could it be possible that there were no people in charge in such a big city.

If there is a night attack by a bandit army, wouldn't it be over all at once?

"How is it possible? Eunuch Zhao is just joking!"

(End of this chapter)

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