There is no cloud in the blue sky, and the blue waves of Chengjiang form a contrast mirror with the clarity of the sky.

Two birch trees sprout green leaves, and the brick-paved road allows cars to drive smoothly in.

The principal of the Liujiang Army Military Academy was watching in the lounge, and when he saw Tian Zhaonian's car coming not far away, he immediately got up and straightened his clothes, his chest straightened, and there was another car behind him, the car stopped, Luo Zhaoshi immediately saluted, and he went up to open the back door.

Tian Zhaonian was wearing a pine-branch-green military uniform, and the two smiled and signaled, and when he got out of the car, Luo Zhaoshi closed the car door and said: "Tian Overseer must be tired after an hour's car, we specially prepared refreshments and ...... in the office."

Tian Zhaonian looked around left and right, waved his hand to Luo Zhaoshi, the sunlight made his eyes narrow, and he only said: "The refreshment is talking for a while, I want to go to the school field first." ”

Gu Changsheng got down from a car behind, and Tian Zhaonian made an introduction. Luo Zhaoshi showed a slightly surprised look, knowing that the most trusted person by Tian Zhaonian's side in the past two years was him, and he didn't dare to slack off.

Tian Zhaonian came to see the training of the military academy students this time, and informed him, the principal, the night before he came. It's strange to say, Luo Zhaoshi didn't sleep all night after hanging up the phone the night before, until he got up at four o'clock in the morning and called the deputy director Zhou Zaimo, Zhou Zaimo was sleepy-eyed at the time, and he didn't even feel sleepy when he heard that Tian Zhaonian was coming to inspect.

Walking to the school grounds, you have to bypass a few buildings, Zhou Zaimo introduced the past, and now the buildings are empty, and everyone is training on the school field at this time. Tian Zhaonian looked around, but he was extremely nostalgic, he also graduated from this school back then, the sun was blocked by the building, and gradually came out, the school field surrounded by barbed wire outside, the students inside were shooting targets, a row of people wearing white shirts and ginger pants and marching boots with guns went down one group and another group came up, aiming at the red heart target dozens of meters away and shooting.

When they walked in, the officer pointed in front, dressed in uniform and straight, and his face was red and sweaty. Tian Zhaonian stood behind him and looked forward, the officer's voice shouted loudly, knowing that he was training people, a leather long whip was held in his hand, held it together, pointed to the student who had hit the eight rings and said: "237502, it's you again! What are your hands shaking?" At that time, the student next to him hit all ten rings eight times, and the officer said: "Look at other people's 237501, don't eat lunch today!"

And then this row went down, and another row came up.

Tian Zhaonian watched from behind, watching the officer scolding with interest, the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose, you must know that person was strict with himself when he was a student, and he would not admit defeat if he did not die, and he still had this spirit after so many years. He stayed for a while, and there was a target that was hit by ten rings every time, and the impartial position made a deep impression on him, a young man with a straight posture, steady and calm with his gun, and did not drag mud and water, as if he was a fledgling at the beginning of the year.

Luo Zhaoshi instructed people to paint good tea, it was the best bamboo leaf green, a few plates of melon and fruit snacks, Tian Zhaonian only drank a sip of tea. Zhou Zaimo had thoughts, because Juetian Zhaonian didn't speak on the way back from the school, he shouldn't be dissatisfied with these students, so he said: "These are all freshmen, and I will ensure that I can keep up with the level of the previous batch of students in half a year." ”

Tian Zhaonian smiled, he had been thinking about something else, and before he could reply, he saw a person open the door and enter, and when he came in, he drank a pot of tea on the table, and after drinking it, he said: "What do you want to do in half a year, three months is enough." ”

Zhou Zaimo suffered a dumb loss, at this time Ying Shuhe should have been in the school field, but he saw that his head was shiny with oil, his uniform outside was stained with sweat, he was holding a leather whip in his hand, standing there, and said unceremoniously to Tian Zhaonian: "Why are you here? Don't tell me, I saw you watching from behind." ”

Tian Zhaonian could smell the smell of sweat on Ying Shuhe's body when he sat there, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "What, I still have to get your consent to come?"

Ying Shuhe knew what he was thinking, and waved at him with his hand holding the leather whip, and said, "I know that you didn't come for nothing, don't think I don't know what you're thinking." Tell me, which of my students you like. Then he sat down on the couch.

Don't you know that Tian Zhaonian smelled a smell of sweat on his body and hid to the side, Ying Shuhe saw his move, and said unhappily: "I said Lao Tian, you have been used to being an overseer for more than ten years, and we used to sleep in bed after training with a stinky sweat, but now you dislike me——"

Tian Zhaonian only said: "It used to be the past - what are you doing here without training? And I'm not here to ask you for students, I'm just here to inspect." ”

Ying Shuhe took another sip of tea, patted his thigh, stood up and straightened his shirt, and said, "I'm not coming to see you, okay, I should leave too." "He came and went as fast as he could.

The other three people didn't dare to speak, because they all knew that Ying Shuhe was Tian Zhaonian's comrade-in-arms, and they didn't mind their feelings, Ying Shuhe's merits were greater than Tian Zhaonian's, and the cabinet originally appointed him as the superintendent, but Ying Shuhe had no intention of becoming an official, and was willing to come back to be an instructor at the military academy. He is this kind of temperament, Tian Zhaonian can't do anything with his old comrade-in-arms, and before he can say a word, he sees the back of Ying Shuhe closing the door and leaving. When he wanted to drink tea again, his teacup on the table was already empty, and seeing that there was only one-third of the water in the teapot on the table, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, Luo Zhaoshi hurriedly went to make another pot.

Zhou Zaimo brought a cup of tea to Gu Changsheng, who usually didn't eat tea in his life. At this time, I heard the sound of slogans in the distance, and Ying Shuhe's loud voice was speaking, Tian Zhaonian said, "Give me the telescope." ”

This is Luo Zhaoshi's office, the telescope is on the desk, Tian Zhaonian is standing in front of the window, holding the telescope to look over, Ying Shuhe is instructing them to fight, and finally he grabbed a student to demonstrate it himself. After a long time, he returned the telescope to Luo Zhaosheng, turned around and asked, "Who is the best among this batch of freshmen?" Luo Zhaoshi replied: "An assessment has not started yet, it will be a month later." ”

Tian Zhaonian nodded. Until dark, they were sitting in the conference room to talk about things, Gu Changsheng noticed that it was already eight o'clock, and if he rushed back to the city, it would be too late, so he was asking Tian Zhaonian. As everyone knows, Ying Shuhe finished eating and taking a shower after a day's training, but saw that the lights were on in the conference room, Gu came up to take a look, Tian Zhaonian really hadn't left yet. He didn't have the habit of knocking on the door, so he opened the handle and came in directly, with a towel on his shoulder, and said, "I knew you didn't leave." ”

Tian Zhaonian was surprised when he saw him, and the other three couldn't help but show surprise, Tian Zhaonian pointed to his face and asked, "Who did you let you beat?"

The rest of the people looked at his bruised left cheek, because the attack was not light, so they all guessed that it fell when teaching students to fight just now, but they didn't know who had the courage to do so. Ying Shuhe touched his face a little painfully, pulled out the chair and sat down, and stated: "There is a student in it who is a good seedling, and his grandmother's actually knocked me down - but I taught him a good lesson." ”

The crowd's eyes widened and they looked at the wound on his face. This attracted Tian Zhaonian's attention, and he asked, "Who is that student?" Ying Shuhe said, "What? Let me tell you, I will definitely brush him down when I take an assessment." He spoke with gritted teeth.

Luo Zhaoshi spoke, and he said: "Colonel, such a student is a good seedling for cultivation, why do you still want to brush people down?"

Ying Shuhe put his legs on the chair at this time, pointed at Luo Zhaoshi and said, "If he can beat me in martial arts next time, I, the colonel, will let him do it." ”

As soon as they finished speaking, everyone laughed. In Tian Zhaoshi's opinion, this is a poisonous oath that Ying Shuhe let go, because they have known each other for so many years, from military school to battlefield, he really hasn't lost to anyone in close combat combat, and even he has lost to him. He is a straightforward person, but he is a gentleman, and if he really loses, he will really do it.

It was almost eleven o'clock when Tian Zhaonian and Gu Changsheng returned to the city, but they were just in time for the conference tomorrow, and they all went back to the office directly. A squad of sentry guards was patrolling outside, and when they saw the Overseer's car coming in, they stood still and saluted with their rifles up as they drove in.

The six people in the conference room had been in the meeting since six o'clock in the evening, and when they saw Tian Zhaonian coming in, they all stood up, Tian Zhaonian put his coat on the chair and sat down, and said to them: "Sit down, what did you all discuss just now?"

Dong Zhonglin sat on the left side of Tian Zhaonian, he looked at everyone present, and spoke first: "In the past three years, the Russians have occupied a large part of our northern region, and when they joined the contract last month, they proposed to station on the newly opened railway line between Chengyang and Xinli, which is an important route between the northern and western regions. ”

Tian Zhaonian was thoughtful. Dong Zhonglin wanted to speak again, Wei Deshan slapped the table, he had always been in a hurry, and only said: "His grandmother's, he shouldn't have made that appointment with them back then, and if they had fought that battle, they wouldn't have dared to climb on top of us like this, it's really getting more and more inches." ”

Wei Deshan's words were clearly said to Tian Zhaonian, and he glanced at Tian Zhaonian after he finished speaking. Dong Zhonglin just wanted to talk about business, so he stopped and still reported to Tian Zhaonian: "This matter is the most important thing at present, what do you say should be done?" Tian Zhaonian was silent for a while, and asked: "You should have already reached a result after discussing it all night, how did you calculate?"

Liao Yonghai sat at the end, with a kettle in front of him but did not make tea, but said: "A few of us argued for a while, if we broke the contract and there would definitely be a battle with that group of Russians, when the Eastern District was built a few years ago, we allocated a few regiments in the Northern District, and it was the time when there was a shortage of people." And the other way—" he glanced at the people present, and continued, "just let them have a line...... Instead of the railroad of Chengyang and Xinli, no matter how bad it is, give them more gold. ”

Wei Deshan was already impatient, and only said: "Money, money, money, where can I get money? When the salary is calculated at the end of the year, it is delayed for a long time, and I still have a few battalions of people to support." In this situation, where will the military pay and materials be obtained? If there is a real war, what will happen to the people in the city?"

As soon as he said this, everyone bowed their heads and kept silent.

Tian Zhaonian didn't speak for a long time, the electric lights were turned on in the conference room, and the lights were brightest in the middle, while the rest of the corners were dim, so there was an inexplicable depression in the whole conference room.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door of the conference room, but it was Gu Changsheng's subordinate, Gu Changsheng asked him to come in, and his subordinate said something in his ear, he glanced at Tian Zhaonian, coughed twice, stood up, and said to them, "You continue." ”

As soon as Gu Changsheng left, the conference room was still so quiet, and Yan Gongwen broke the quiet atmosphere, he coughed, and only said: "We didn't just talk about this matter just now, I received a telegram from the cabinet yesterday, and it was about Qi Jianyun in the Western District." ”

Tian Zhaonian looked at him at this time, nodded to him and motioned to continue.

Yan Gongwen paused for a while and continued: "The telegram said that there is insufficient evidence to report Qi Jianyun's corruption, and that last year, you privately sent troops to make a fuss with the Western District outside the city, and the cabinet has already heard about it, and it is very dissatisfied with you on this matter, so let you personally go to the cabinet tomorrow to explain to the general minister." ”

Tian Zhaonian's face was calm, and he couldn't tell whether there was anger or something else in his eyes. At this time, Dong Zhonglin heard that the cabinet had a personal conversation with Tian Zhaonian, and he couldn't help but show a worried look, and said: "I have long said that no matter how unhappy you and Qi Jianyun are, you can't make a big move, everyone is in one camp, wouldn't it be good to sit down and talk about any problems?"

Tian Zhaonian still didn't speak. The rest of the people looked at each other, and in the matter of Qi Jianyun, they still didn't understand why Tian Zhaonian did that, and they couldn't see through what he was thinking.

Just when he fell into silence again, Gu Changsheng, who had finished making the call, came in, he was completely different from when he left, although he didn't hang it on his face, he could see that his eyebrows and eyes showed joy, and what he said in Tian Zhaonian's ear, Tian Zhaonian's eyebrows immediately relaxed. Everyone was puzzled again, Tian Zhaonian spoke at this time, and only said: "Okay, it's not too early today, let's end the meeting quickly." And the line that the Russians just said wants Chengyang and Xinli, and this railway line must not be allowed-"

Wei Deshan squinted at him, and only said, "Then you want to-"

Tian Zhaonian was sloppy in this joint, he just stood up and picked up the coat behind him, as if he was in a hurry, and only said: "I'll solve it during the negotiation next month, and you don't have to worry about it." ”

Tian Zhaonian and Gu Changsheng went out, but Gu Changsheng closed the door. The other six people sat there, but when they saw an empty chair in the middle, Yan Gongwen didn't understand and said, "What is the Overseer going to do?"

No one replied to him, so Wadesan leaned back in his chair and snorted, and said angrily, "In the past two years, the Overseers have become more and more mysterious, and the one next to him - although my position is below the Overseers, he is not alone in the North District, but he is not in charge of anything, but he doesn't tell me anything. ”

Dong Zhonglin sighed, his face worried. Wei Deshan saw that everyone was sullen, and said: "A few of our brothers also came down from the battlefield with him back then, so they are also brothers on the line of life and death." Now it's good that he trusts Gu Changsheng more than our group of brothers in life and death, and keeps us secret, for fear that we will leak out. I have an example - last year, five detective cars were dispatched, saying that we had spies within us, and I was still thinking, if it wasn't for the new batch of newcomers who had just been transferred? I went to discuss with him about catching spies that night, but he perfunctory to me, and then you know, his grandmother's was actually the person under my hands, that Zhang Qian followed me for five years, Lao Tzu didn't expect it to be him, I received the news in the early morning, when the day came, Zhang Qian was taken into the interrogation room by Gu Changsheng, and it was Gu Changsheng who arrested people. Doesn't this make me angry? He Tian Zhaonian actually didn't believe me, but he still suspected me -- if I knew that the spy was under my hands, I would have punched ten holes in him on the spot. ”

After everyone listened to Wei Deshan's words, they were muffled, and the conference room fell into a dull place, but it was Dong Zhonglin who opened his mouth, Dong Zhonglin patted his thigh and stood up, and said to them: "Don't say it, it's not too early, let's all go back, there will be a conference early tomorrow morning." ”

After that, he picked up the hat hanging by the door, and the rest of the people did not stay long, and went out one after another.