Gentlemen, listen to the sword chant

Chapter 84

Yu Ran was the champion of martial arts in the tenth year of Tai'an. He was highly valued by the late emperor, and was quickly promoted to the commander of the forbidden army in the capital. He managed all the [-] forbidden troops.Two years ago, Emperor Tai'an was weak and sick in bed. Both the first prince and the third prince came to him in private, hoping that he could join the camp of the two princes. As long as he helped them ascend to the throne, he would surely reward a hereditary king. Yu Ran refused all of them.Yu Ran is a smart person and knows people's hearts well. Although the promises made by the eldest prince and the third prince are greedy, they are all empty names after all. It is still unknown who will get the throne.Although the little prince is young, his mother is the niece of Generalissimo Lin Pojun. Qishan Lin is in charge of the Zhongzhou Iron Army. It is too difficult for the first prince and the third prince to obtain the throne. To obtain the throne in the hands of the family is simply as difficult as climbing the sky.

Today is a good day, Yu Ran just came out of Tingchao Tower, and yesterday he had the honor to discuss the Heart Sutra with a Dongying woman. He was drunk and dreamed of dying, and his legs were soft when he woke up in the morning, and he was thinking about... well, heroes from all walks of life are in Wuyue I was fighting Japanese slaves on the battlefield, and I was also fighting Japanese slaves, but it was only on the bed, and I did my part. I was happily thinking about how to deal with the yellow-faced woman at home, but I received a message from my subordinates. It is said that there is an order to supervise the state, and he is ordered to lead his troops to thoroughly investigate the prime minister's mansion.

Yu Ran was taken aback when he heard the words, he had a good personal relationship with Xin Wuji, and he admired Xin Wuji's behavior very much, but Xin Wuji was too tough and disdain to be with him, Yu Ran had expected that the day the emperor died would be him When Xin Wuji was dismissed and investigated, as expected, this day really came.In addition to regretting, Yu Ran did not dare to neglect, and immediately led the troops to set off.

"Tsk, this old eunuch Huangshi really achieved the Tao once in a while, and even Xin Wuji will not let him go. I'm afraid I won't be able to get any benefits in the future." Yu Ran wondered if he should find someone Resign with an excuse?After staying in the capital for so many years, I have made a lot of money and played with women a lot. You have summed up a truth from him, that is, people must know how to advance and retreat, and know how to measure.Now that he is in his prime, he just left like this. It would be a lie to say that he doesn't feel sorry for him, but if he stays on, maybe one day he will be the one who will be wiped out.

Yu Ran didn't stand in line either, because there was no need to stand in line. Looking at Zhongzhou, apart from Tie Jun, he was in charge of the Forbidden Army alone. Who would dare to embarrass him?
It's different now, it's time to go, I still have to go, after so many years, it's time to return home.

Xiangfu.

In the empty Prime Minister's Mansion, there are phoenix trees planted at the door. It is early spring, and the buds are crisp. The butler is cleaning up the dead branches. When he sees the mighty imperial guards in red armor coming here, the butler has a look of astonishment, and then falls silent, standing respectfully On the side: "Meet the Great Commander."

Yu Ran took out the search warrant and said: "The State Supervisor has an order, ordering us to search the prime minister's mansion, and please cooperate with official duties. Anyone who violates the law will be executed on the spot."

The butler silently pushed open the vermilion door.

"Search."

Yu Ran got off his horse and watched the imperial guards swarming up. He also stroked the saber at his waist and walked slowly into the prime minister's mansion. The huge prime minister's mansion looked very deserted, and there was not even a servant girl. Yu Ran couldn't help being curious, turned around and asked : "Doesn't the Prime Minister's Mansion even have a servant girl or servant?"

The housekeeper smiled wryly: "There were a few before, but they were all sent home by the adults."

"How many, exactly how many?"

"Two maidservants, four servants, including me, a total of seven."

Yu Ran was a little disbelieving, and said contemptuously: "The huge prime minister's mansion only relies on a few people, who will believe it? Do you think the governor will believe it?"

The butler's expression remained the same: "There are so many people. My lord's annual salary is only 3000 taels of silver. Most of them are sent to Guangling, and there is not much money to maintain turnover."

Yu Ran was silent.

Although it is said so, who believes that an official in the capital can only live on his salary for a year?If he really only relied on that little salary, he would have starved to death a long time ago. For example, Tingchaolou, a luxurious place like Tingchaolou, would cost a thousand taels of gold just to be an official in the capital, or a prime minister. If you manage it, you can make a fortune a year, right?Yu Ran didn't believe it, and planned to see it in person. He searched along the Prime Minister's Mansion for a long time, but he didn't even find any decent luxury furniture, and the porcelain on display was also the cheapest. In short, no valuables were found in the entire Prime Minister's Mansion.In the end, after searching the Prime Minister's Mansion all afternoon, only 5000 taels of rice noodles and 1000 taels of silver were found.Disappointed, Yu Ran waved his hand and went to the Zhongzhou Chamber of Commerce to check Xin Wuji's bank accounts, but found that he had no other records except for regularly transferring [-] taels of silver to Guangling every year.

Seeing this, Yu Ran secretly sighed, Xin Wuji is really a clean stream.

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Lin Guming was canonized by the imperial court as the commander-in-chief of the 28th Town Allied Army, commanding the entire army. The news spread to all the cities in northern Wu. Originally, he was the uncrowned leader of the alliance with his food and salary, and now he has confirmed his title.Some people secretly sighed that it is good to be born in a famous family, and it is good to have someone in the court. When they go out to fight, they are here to be gilded.Lin Guming commanded the soldiers and horses of the counties to form an offensive line, and they were on standby at any time. They were about to attack the three counties of Hailing, Guangling, and Runzhou, and the counties were mobilizing one after another.

In Huaiyin County, they didn't intend to get involved in the statement on this matter, so they just stayed at the residence, occasionally drinking with Lu Qian, and occasionally going to the mansion to discuss matters with King Wu.Chen Ci had a lot of shredded tobacco. When he left, he did not bring any food, but only gold and shredded tobacco. Sure enough, because Wu Nan is controlled by the Dongying people, King Wu cannot grow tobacco in large quantities. In addition, the situation is urgent now. The shredded tobacco of Chen Ci immediately became a luxury, and it was hard to find.The statement was not stingy, and he made a lot of money by selling it to Wu Bei's army. However, today the king of Wu told him a shocking news. Pray for him, although the court has confirmed that Xin Wuji has colluded with Yuan Pei, and has contacts with hundreds of rebellious parties in private, but the people do not believe it. At present, the streets of the capital are full of common people parading the streets, hoping that the imperial court will vindicate Xin Wuji's grievances, but until now, the disturbance has never been resolved.

Chen Ci was numb when he heard the news.

He has never met Xin Wuji before, and has no feelings for this cheap old man, but now he is so ignorant and dead, don't think about it, it must be that his cooperation with Lu Qian was used by others, so that Xin Wuji was raped Entrapment.

When the princess heard the news, she couldn't help crying. She had a deep feeling for Xin Wuji, and she came here to comfort Chen Ci, hoping that Chen Ci would cheer up. Don't ask for an explanation to vindicate him.

The statement refused to send troops in the name of "the pain of losing a father". The generals of all walks of life didn't take it to heart, thinking that the 2000 people with you and the 2000 people without you would have no effect, but you took 2000 people to join the war. At that time, he had to make a fortune in the military, so if he didn't make a statement, the generals from all walks of life were secretly happy. As for Xin Wuji's death?The generals only blamed Xin Wuji for being a literati and offending people who shouldn't be offended, which is what he deserved; Lu Qian learned that Xin Wuji's death was because he helped make a case, and then added that Xin Wuji had once committed suicide in his early years Being old friends with Yuan Pei, Lu Qian blamed himself, thinking that he had harmed Chen Ci's father, and resolutely gave up sending troops with the allied forces to fight against the Japanese pirates.Regarding Lu Qian's refusal to send troops, the generals from all walks of life are even less concerned. They have a natural sense of superiority, thinking that Lu Qian is a bandit army and not worthy to fight side by side with them. Besides, if Lu Qian doesn't go, he just falls behind. He made a pretext that when the royal rations of the imperial court came in the future, Lin Guming could just hold on to the airs and refuse to give them. He didn't plan to give them at first, but Zhengchou found an excuse. No, here's an excuse?

On April 24th of the 800th year of Tai'an, Lin Guming integrated various troops and horses, dispatched about 650 banners, presented a battle line, and attacked Guangling, Hailing, and Runzhou. The battle against bandits officially kicked off.Uesugi had already made preparations, and invested about [-] banners in the three counties of Guangling, Hailing, and Runzhou, and the battle was imminent.This was also the first battle on the Wuzhou battlefield that involved the largest number of troops, the widest spread, and the greatest casualties. It was known as the "Battle of Lin Guming" in history.

In this battle, countless people are destined to shed blood and die in this land, and they are also destined to become famous in history.

(End of this chapter)