It's just these words, who dares to say them in front of the British king in front of him? Whoever says it will basically touch an unspoken rule of the current court. Once this unspoken rule is broken, then it will offend the huge civilian bureaucracy. Although the four battalions are directly under the front division of the palace, the military department and the privy council are all civil officials.

Although he is a military attaché, his daily military salary, ordnance supply, assessment, and even promotion are all in the hands of civilian officials. Those civilian officials in the Ministry of War and the Privy Council want to rectify the military attaché too easily. Second, what if you talk to the king? According to the custom, these people are going to be escorted to the capital. Even if the king of England is the envoy of Zhengzhou, he is helpless.

Could the British king risk being the enemy of the entire officialdom to break this unspoken rule? You must know that if anyone breaks this rule, it means that they have offended the entire civil service system. Although those people are not in charge of soldiers, the pens they hold in their hands are even more powerful than the swords of warriors, and they really kill people without blood.

Seeing that Yu Du's commander and several military attachés accompanying him were silent on this matter, Huang Qiong also shook his head helplessly. He also knew that these civil officials were not very high, and the number of them was not very large, but behind them stood a huge group. In particular, the officials of Jinshi and the first rank were all based on the party of the same year.

These people are in a group, and although there are also internal parties and intrigues, they are surprisingly unanimous when it comes to safeguarding the interests of the entire civilian bureaucracy. The punishment of a sergeant or a doctor has been ingrained in the minds of those people. Especially now, after the Huaiyang Rebellion that year, the situation of the prosperity and decline of the Great Qi Dynasty is becoming more and more obvious.

These military attaches are not willing to offend the huge civilian clique for the sake of these people. Even if these people really deserve to die, they don't want to make any judgments. If I ask more, I'm afraid I won't get any results. After all, although they are military attachés, their promotions are in the hands of civilian officials.

The Shangshu and the squire of the military department are both civil officials, and the privy envoy who is in charge of the Privy Council is a civil official. It can be said that the future of military attachés is in the hands of civilian officials. Don't say anything else, get some hands on the assessment. Originally, it was an assessment on the first grade, and if you get it to the second grade, it will be enough for these military attachés to drink a pot.

After a slight sigh, Huang Qiong was reluctant to comment more on this matter. After pointing to some of the files, he said: "Lord Yu, this king sees that the rebels are on the battlefield, although they are a little inexperienced, but the advance and retreat are still orderly. Since the soldier didn't know anything, who was the one who really commanded on the battlefield? ”

"Back to the prince, the real commander on the battlefield is He Shao, the deputy envoy of Zhengzhou soldiers and horses. This person was originally stationed in the Military Reserve Department of the Guilin County Palace, and was transferred to the Zhengzhou Prefecture at the beginning of this year as the deputy envoy of the soldiers and horses. During his tenure in the Guilin County Palace, this person led the army to fight against the Annamites many times. Whether it is the ability to lead troops, or other aspects, it is far higher than that firewood soldier and horse envoy. ”

"The one who really commanded the rebels was actually this deputy envoy. And the firewood soldier and horse envoy, throughout the rebellion, has only played with the dozen or so Qinglou women he carried. It's just a hands-off shopkeeper who doesn't care about anything. It's just that Deputy Envoy He suddenly committed suicide by poisoning himself while he was in prison. It was in his hand, a note was found. ”

After discovering the note in his hand, Xia Guan immediately sent someone to track it down. But the soldiers who guarded these people swore that no stranger would ever come to the place where these officials were being held. I don't know when this note arrived in He Shao's hands. Compared with those firewood soldiers and horse envoys who didn't know anything, this deputy envoy He didn't say a word after being arrested. ”

But the veteran who interrogated him said that although he did not resist when he disarmed, he always looked preoccupied. Originally, the interrogating team was about to be tortured, but as soon as they took off his clothes and looked at the wounds all over his body, almost all of them couldn't do it. was originally going to be handed over to the prince for personal interrogation, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen. ”

Yu Du commanded the envoy to hand over a palm-sized note to Huang Qiong. Huang Qiong picked it up and looked at it, there was only a few lines on this note: "You have been betrayed by your master, the crime is unforgivable, there are some things that should be said or not, you can weigh it yourself." Think more about your family making decisions. ”

The handwriting on this note is very beautiful, and it looks like it was written by a woman. put down the note in his hand, and remembered what Zhu Xing'er and her daughters had said, the Mei camp in the thirteenth battalion of the Iron Guard. He only thought that King Jing had exterminated the thirteen battalions of the Iron Guard, but he ignored King Jing's current situation, and he might not really be able to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.

Especially the most threatening, but the most inconspicuous Mei Ying, did not give himself an explanation at all. I just ignored this, and now I really made a fatal mistake. Huang Qiong concluded that if he could pry open this He Shao's mouth, he was afraid that he would be able to get something even more than King Jing, but it was a pity that he was obviously one step late.

Thinking of this, Huang Qiong immediately said to several officials of the cavalry battalion: "Among the rebels, how many women are there are now. The women were immediately interrogated, and among them were the dead friends who had not been purged. is such a cunning mastermind behind the scenes, and he actually let a few women control everything behind the scenes. That is, it is not noticeable, and it is better to control the person to be controlled. ”

Hearing Huang Qiong's order, several officials of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion looked at each other, not knowing what happened to the British king, and no one dared to answer immediately. Only the commander of Yu Du spoke: "Back to the prince, there are not many women among the rebels. In addition to the dozen or so concubines and maidservants carried by King Jing. There are only more than ten Qinglou women brought by the firewood soldiers and horses. ”

"Now more than a dozen concubines of King Jing are all placed in the same prefect's mansion. As for the more than ten Qinglou women carried by the firewood soldiers and horses, it was really inconvenient to carry them in the army. After the interrogation, money has been given to be discharged on the spot. It should be out of the Tiger Prison by now. If the prince thinks they are suspicious, the lower officials will immediately send cavalry to chase them. ”

Regarding this request from the commander of Yu Du, Huang Qiong said without the slightest hesitation: "Immediately send cavalry to chase in the direction of Zhengzhou." And these women are all women, and they may not be able to go far. At the same time, immediately mobilize a group of scouts, search around the Tiger Prison Pass, even if they dig three feet into the ground, they must find out these women for this king. ”

Seeing the anger that the British king in front of him barely suppressed, several officers of the cavalry battalion did not dare to slack off. immediately went down to organize people and did as Huang Qiong instructed. After several military attachés left, he looked at the commander of Yu Du, who had let go of a few possible diehards because of his own mistakes, and his face was red.

Huang Qiong shook her head and sighed, thought for a while, and said, "Lord Yu doesn't have to blame himself too much. Not only you, but also this king has made one of the biggest mistakes, that is, he really underestimated women. They all focus on men and officials, but ignore that when women are really ruthless, they may not really be worse than men. ”

"Not to mention the queen mothers of the previous dynasties, the Empress of Heaven and Princess Taiping of the former Tang Dynasty, who is not an eloquent and ruthless master? is the current Empress Dowager Xiao of Northern Liao, isn't she also a heroine among women? Women are in charge of things, and they may not really lose to men, and you and I have ignored this. Especially this king, he has already suffered a big loss, and he still has no long memory. ”

Huang Qiong's reassuring words, after Yu Du calmed down his mind a little, he smiled bitterly: "Lord, this is a shame." It is not only the shame of the lower officials, but also the shame of the entire Xiao Cavalry Battalion. Isn't it a shame to let the real enemy, under the noses of these veterans of the Xiaocai Battalion, take a few rounds of money and run away in a grand manner? ”

Looking at the commander of the capital, who was obviously a little frustrated, and after explaining to the guards outside, Huang Qiong patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't blame yourself, since the matter has come out, it's just a matter of thinking to make up for it, and it's not too late to make amends." It's already this time, and you haven't had dinner yet, so let's eat with this king. This king still has something to discuss. ”

Huang Qiong gently let this matter go, making the commander of the capital breathe a sigh of relief in his heart. Regarding Huang Qiong's invitation to dine together, after thinking about it, he did not refuse. After Liu Hu's sister-in-law, with a few maids in the Dutong Yamen, brought the dinner over, Huang Qiong waved her hand and asked people to bring the wine down and said with a smile: "I won't drink the wine, just eat a light meal." ”

dismissed the other maids, leaving only Liu Hu's sister-in-law to take care of her. Huang Qiong held down the commander of Yu Du, who was about to get up, and after personally picking up a bowl and filling a bowl of soup, he pointed to the four dishes and one soup on the table and said: "This king's meal has always been simple, three meals a day can be full, and those with seven dishes and eight bowls are not interesting except for being good-looking, and I hope Lord Yu will not mind." ”

After Liu Hu's sister-in-law served the food and served it, Huang Qiong did not dislike the rough noodles and steamed buns, and took the bowl and ate it. Regarding Huang Qiong's style, the commander of Yu Du, who had already seen it in the Mengjin Xiao cavalry camp, did not feel surprised. And Huang Qiong's informality also made this commander gradually let go.

It's just that after the commander of the capital picked up the seemingly simple dishes and put them in his mouth, the commander of the capital was slightly stunned. These four dishes may seem simple, but they are exceptionally delicious. In particular, the stir-fried lamb with radish is extremely refreshing and lubricating. Compared with the dishes made by the fireheads in the daily army, it can be described as unusually delicious.

These delicious dishes make this person from the top of the two rankings of Jinshi from now have achieved the position of a third-grade master. But because he led the troops to fight all the year round, he didn't learn to be the official at all, and he was the commander of Yu Du, who never got tired of eating, although he had some worries, but he also had a great appetite, and he ate a few coarse steamed buns in a row.

Looking at the commander of Yu Du who was eating happily in front of him, Huang Qiong didn't say anything. After finishing the meal, Liu Hu's sister-in-law removed the remnants of the table and brought tea for gargling, Huang Qiongcai said: "Lord Yu has spent more time in the army, and the little Sven of the scholars over the years has long been left behind." ”

Huang Qiong's ridicule, which adults also know, is that the king of England is relaxing himself. But he said disapprerovingly: "Lord Wang, in fact, that's what happens in the army." Every time I go out to fight, it's better to talk about it in Daqi. If you are out of Daqi, most of the time you can't even eat radishes except for mutton and dried vegetables. ”

"More often than not, dry food is the staple food. Especially if you go deep into the bitter cold land of Tibet, you will win the battle, and you can't even eat anything green except for barley and mutton. As the main general, it is necessary to share weal and woe with the soldiers in that environment, and over time the officials will get used to it. ”

"I don't know now that the chef that the prince found from there can cook such a simple ingredient into such a delicious meal, which also makes the lower officials full of food. Although Xia Guan is not too particular about food, clothing, housing and transportation, there are rare delicacies in front of him, and Xia Guan will of course enjoy it occasionally. If you return to the barracks, you can only continue to eat the big pot of rice made by the Huotou Army. ”