Zhaojiazhuang is not very far, and in an hour and a half, the army will arrive.

In the middle of the night, Zhaojiazhuang was still brightly lit, and there were sentries standing guard there on the temporary lookout.

Torches were also lit near this Zhaojiazhuang to illuminate the vicinity, so that if the army wanted to enter in the dark, it would be impossible.

Lin Duowen looked at Zhou Shuitian and asked Zhou Shuitian what his good plan was, Zhou Shuitian said that there are two ways now, the first is to wait until the day is about to dawn, everyone can take a rest.

The second is to rush in now and fight them.

Lin Duowen asked if he could find a sharpshooter, shoot the guard to death, and then charge in.

Zhou Shuitian said that they came with torches like this, and the other side had already seen it clearly, but they didn't want to come out, after all, they didn't have cavalry, and if they came out to fight with Lin Duowen, there would be only one way out.

Lin Duowen said such a thing, did they rush in like this because they were ambushed?

Zhou Shuitian nodded, and said to Lin Duowen: "But if we rest, once this soldier sleeps, it will be difficult to wake up, if the enemy comes to attack the camp, we will be defenseless." ”

"Do they have the guts?"

"Master Hou, are you willing to gamble with the lives of soldiers?"

Lin Duowen was silent for a while, and then Zhou Shuitian said: "Now I am weak and I am strong, even if the enemy has any plans, there is no need to be afraid." ”

Lin Duowen nodded and asked if the forbidden army was resting, and these soldiers nodded, so Lin Duowen let people blow the horn, and Yu launched an attack on the army.

This attack was obviously out of the expectations of the White Lotus Sect, they originally heard that they were coming tomorrow, and even if they did, they would not attack until tomorrow morning.

This time the incident was originally a bit hasty, they originally wanted to get all the feather arrows in order tonight, but Lin Duowen didn't give them a chance, so they could only rush to fight.

One is an elite division, the other is an inadequately prepared miscellaneous army, neither side can be regarded as a battle, and the balance of victory is directly one-sided.

At dawn, the battle was over, and after counting, Lin Duowen was facing no more than 500 miscellaneous troops.

After the counting, the forbidden army did not rest, but went to the military camp in the nearby county town, and asked those box troops to let the camp out.

Lin Duowen let Zhou Shuitian rest, and he took twenty forbidden troops and Zhong Shenxiu back to the capital to assist him.

When Lin Duo smelled the noon gate, a minister immediately said, "Master Hou, you are back, the sage is waiting for you." ”

Lin Duowen nodded, and took Zhong Shenxiu and the ministers to Tianhe Zhai together.

After this visit, the sage asked Lin Duowen to tell what happened, and Lin Duowen told the things one by one, and when Lin Duowen finished speaking, Concubine Wen said to Lin Duowen: "So, haven't you slept for two nights and a day?" ”

"I once took a nap for some time, and I was worried about Lao Niangniang."

"Lin Duowen, if all the officials in the court are like you, how can there be such a thing today."

"The minister is ashamed, the minister is incompetent, he can't put this matter away from the beginning, and ask the saint to forgive his sins."

When the saint heard this, he touched his beard and said, "If you are asking for forgiveness for all your sins, then don't all those people outside deserve to die." ”

Lin Duowen didn't answer, and the sage said to Lin Duowen: "Even if you don't kill those traitors in this matter, I don't blame you, let's go down and get the news." ”

When Lin Duo heard the thanksgiving, the sage commanded, "Give the sedan chair." ”

Lin Duowen didn't even dare to say it, the sage stood up, patted Lin Duowen on the shoulder and said, "Lin Duowen, this is what you deserve, I can't hide it, I have always felt guilty about your father, he helped me and the first emperor a lot, but I and the first emperor didn't give him what he deserved." ”

When Lin Duo heard this, he didn't dare to say anything, and then the sage continued: "So your merits, I will be rewarded. ”

After Lin Duowen thanked him, the sage also encouraged Zhong Shenxiu a few words, and then Zhong Shenxiu naturally walked away, and Lin Duowen returned to the Lin Mansion in a sedan chair.

Lin Duowen told the housekeeper that the group of martial arts people could be released, and they had to rest, and no one would be seen.

Lin Duowen didn't even take a bath, so he fell asleep on his couch.

When I slept until Yin, the housekeeper asked Lin Duowen to put on his court clothes, saying that there was news from the palace that Lin Duowen was going to enter the palace.

Lin Duowen thought to himself, this should be a reward, but after thinking about it carefully, if it is a reward, it will be a holy decree, and there is no need to let himself go in person.

Lin Duowen couldn't figure it out, but he had to go to the court, so he put on his military uniform and went to the forbidden palace.

When they arrived in front of Sima's door, all the officials were already waiting, and when all the officials saw Lin Duowen, they all saluted Lin Duowen, and they didn't ask anything, since Lin Duowen had come to the court, then everything could be known in the court.

When they arrived at the Wenhua Palace, they danced and bowed, the sage said that they were flat, everyone got up, and the sage said to them: "I came to Lin Duowen today, just to talk to you Aiqing, not long ago, all Aiqing impeached me for favoring Lin Duowen, which is a loss of people's way of dominating. Lin Duowen, tell me what you have been doing these days, and let the ministers hear if I am wrong. ”

"Yui."

Lin Duo heard the line and finished the matter, some ministers had heard of it, and some of them didn't know about it at all, and they were really scared into a cold sweat when they learned that this White Lotus Sect wanted to attack the palace on New Year's Day.

When Lin Duo finished speaking, the sage said to them, "Ladies and gentlemen, have you all heard clearly? ”

"Damn it."

Although the saint's tone was calm, they sensed a hint of bad taste, and they hurriedly bowed their heads and pleaded guilty.

"Damn! Yes, you all deserve to die, right in the capital, right at my feet! The remnants of the white lotus dared to plan an attack on the palace, and it was the first time I had seen such a ridiculous thing when I looked through the history books. ”

"If there is no Lin Duowen, if this matter is successful and recorded, wouldn't I be laughed at by eternity!"

The saint roared, and all the ministers trembled, and the saint looked at them and continued: "The court is raising scholars, for the sake of scholars, are you really not hearing any news about such a big thing?" ”

None of the ministers answered, and then the sage looked at them and said to them, "What do I ask you?" ”

"Ministers should die, ministers should die."

"It's damned, but you won't die for the rest of your lives, I'm tired of hearing these clichés, if the next time, something like this happens, take off your court clothes, take off your black veil, and let me go back to your fiefdom."

The ministers naturally bowed to the holy grace at this time, and the saint said to Chen Sike: "Chen Sike, no one can pursue this matter, but you can't." ”

"The sin of the minister deserves ten thousand deaths, and the sins of the ministers deserve ten thousand deaths."

"You don't have to die, from tomorrow, you don't have to be the commander of these nine gates, and hand it over to Lin Duowen."

When Chen Sike heard this, although he was unwilling, he still saluted and said, "The ministers are grateful." ”

"Lin Duowen, I will hand over the safety of this capital to you."

Lin Duowen didn't know what to say for a while, and at this time, the sage said that Lin Duowen would leave here next year and go to Xirong, so the commander of the Nine Gates would be served by Huainan Hou for the time being.

Lin Duowen naturally had no opinion, but he didn't know this Huainan Marquis, and the ministers also looked at each other.

The sage didn't say anything, let Chu Jishan continue to deal with this matter, and the sage didn't want anything to happen on New Year's Day.

After retiring from the dynasty, the ministers looked at Lin Duo with displeasure, after all, among a group of people who were vegetarians, a capable person suddenly came and stood out from the crowd, and he would naturally be excluded.

The rest of the part, thinking that Lin Duowen now has a promising future, is a good way to tie up.

Of course, everyone is an official, and they can't flatter in front of everyone, so Lin Duowen returned home quite calmly.

When he arrived at home, he naturally wanted to ask who Huainan Hou was, and then he learned that this was the Zhang family among the five clans and seven surnames, and this Huainan Hou was also hereditary.

I heard the housekeeper say that this Huainan Marquis is similar to Lin Duowen, he likes to sing the wind and play with the moon, and he is a frequent visitor to Zhangtai.

"Since he is such a person, why did the saint let him take charge of several admirals for me?"

"It's not that the little one knows, the little one knows, this Huainan Hou has an extremely beautiful sister. It seems that he is already married to the eldest prince. ”

"Nonsense, the eldest prince is married."

"I don't know about this little one, and I ask the adults to forgive me."

"Go, take a good look at this Huainanhou matter."

Lin Duowen asked people to prepare hot water, went to take a hot bath, and only felt that the fatigue of the whole body was gone.

At this time, Li Changji came to visit, and after Lin Duowen received him, Li Changji bowed to Lin Duowen and said, "Lord Lin, no, now I want to call Admiral Lin." ”

Lin Duowen said that Li Changji should not make fun of himself, he is just a façade as the Admiral of the Nine Gates, and the real Admiral of the Nine Gates is still the Marquis of Huainan.

"Master Hou also wants to know how this Huainan Marquis was able to become the commander of the Nine Gates."

"Yes, it could be that Brother Li knows."

"It was Su Qing who told me, this Huainan Hou's brother-in-law is Qi Gongzi, I said so. Hou Ye should understand. ”

Lin Duowen thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "So that's the case, but then again, the eldest prince has been over there for too long, it's been a year, hasn't Di Ren's affairs been done yet?" ”

"This is not something that Xiao Sheng can know, this saint did not issue an edict to let the eldest prince come back, how dare the eldest prince come back?"

"Yes, but after we leave the capital, the eldest prince should also come back, and at that time, it will be you, Brother Li, who will assist the eldest prince." Lin Duowen said with a sigh, he probably couldn't participate in the enthronement ceremony of the eldest prince.