Liu Zhixing, who had already returned to Beijing in Layue, had not received a reply from the Shuaifu for a long time, and he had not replied to his father's letter for more than a month. After writing the letter, there has been no news of Taiping City, and a heavy snowfall in the south came over Liu Zhixing Fenyang several times. Lin Zhong had already rushed back to Shuzhong before the heavy snowfall, and there was no news about the book back to Taiping City.

In mid-November, it was cold and windy in Nanjing, and Liu Zhixing, who had nothing to do, sat in the tent. The few jars of peach blossom wine sent by Lin Zhong have long been empty, and the trivial matters of the thirteen battalions in Nanjing are all planned by Chu Han, Lin and Liang Bo. As the main general, he was accompanied by Chu Yan, and he played a game of chess all morning. Chu Yan complained very much about his own general, and the brothers all had something to do, but Chu Yan accompanied a big man to play chess.

Thinking of the delay in the fall of a son, Chu Yan sighed and said, "I lost." ”

Liu Zhixing, who won chess, was not only a little disappointed in the joy of winning chess, but also a little disappointed, and retracted the chess pieces one by one: "Chu Yan plays chess seriously, it is very boring to lose so miserably every time." Liu Zhixing had deliberately set up a loophole in a game of chess, and Chu Yan only saw a few times that he still lost in the end.

Chu Yan was even more helpless, you said that it was not good to find someone to play chess, you had to find me, a stinky chess basket, even if you won chess, you had to put on a face that was more stinky than the loser. The big face didn't fight like this, and the most ridiculous thing was that the competition was still not as good as this young general who was a few years younger than himself.

It snowed that night, and Liu Zhixing had to pull Chu Yan to chant a poem after drinking, so that the general, who didn't read much or read less, chanted a poem to appear: "The snow is white and white, three and four pieces, it is raining from a distance, and a knife is seen from a distance." After the exit was completed, Liu Zhixing praised Chu Yan for a good poem. It not only writes the whiteness of the heavy snow, but also the clear particles of the heavy snow. The last two sentences are even more wonderful, and there are also snowflakes dense as rain, and then write the size of snowflakes and snowflakes. Chu Yan was very embarrassed, but he was still not as good as his own general. It's just a sentence that comes out casually, and how did it get to the mouth of the general who has read a lot and explain that it's really like that, and I think it's not bad.

Put away the last son, Liu Zhixing got up and lifted the silver gun: "Chu Yan played chess all morning, went out to move his muscles and bones, and he was rusty if he didn't move." ”

Chu Yan looked up and glanced at the sun, it was a good weather, and he really didn't understand that the general had to fight Wang Baquan indiscriminately in the morning, and he had to be upright and go to practice guns in the sky, this was not to kill people, and that time was not to find abuse. Chu Yan clapped his hands, the scorching sun was in the sky, it was a good day to burn the fire: "The general promised Lao Sun to burn the fire today, it's not too early, it's time to get up and cook, and it's time to scold when it's late." As he spoke, he pushed open the door and strode away.

Liu Zhixing laughed dumbly, when did Lao Sun dare to scold Chu Yan, a young general, and when Chu Yan didn't like the big girl's butt the most. In the morning, he swore and said, "The general has won this game of chess, you have to find me a daughter-in-law who spans me." ”

I had to carry a silver gun to cook my daily homework alone, and I sweated in the winter. A man sat alone on the steps, looking at the empty barracks. There has been a lot less vitality these days, and I haven't seen those rough men who screamed that there was no fight for a long time. It seems that he hasn't been to the south for a long time to inspect, and I don't know if Zhang Han has calculated the harvest he should have received this year. Did Lu Lin Gao Xiaolong lead the swordsmen to find something interesting, and did You Dahu, the big man who went home to see the child, suspect that his daughter-in-law gave birth to a big fat boy again. Is the peasant girl that Liu Qing has taken a fancy to already married this year, Zhou Yan was forced to go home from home and did not feel homesick. Will Zhao Chaokun's trip to Southern Chu go smoothly, Zheng Shuiji and Zheng Shuixin's brothers will be qualified in the training of 24 people, can they achieve the first rank of general in the million army. Can Zhang Xing's daughter-in-law who came home from visiting relatives and marry meet people, and whether Chu Hanlin, Liang Bo, and Fenyang and his entourage can successfully get back the military preparation. Even Chu Yan had his grandson shouting for the fire, as if he was the only one who had nothing to do, and the marshal did not approve his return to Beijing for a long time, and even the military department did not have any news.

The messenger came on horseback, walked slowly and looked at Liu Zhixing lying lazily on the silver spear and said, "General Liu, here are your two family letters. ”

Liu Zhixing hurriedly stepped forward to take the letter, and the messenger was about to leave after handing the letter to Liu Zhixing. Liu Zhixing hurriedly stopped, returned to the camp tent, handed over the thin booklet he had learned early to the messenger, and sent it to Taiping City, adding a sentence: "Father, mother, and children will not be able to celebrate the New Year together this year." ”

When the messenger left, Liu Zhixing picked up two letters, one was written by his sister-in-law a month ago, and the other made Liu Zhixing a little shocked, but Zhang Bai wrote it half a month ago. This made Liu Zhixing a little curious, and it was actually sent on the same day half a month apart. Looking at Zhang Bai's letter, Liu Zhixing smiled faintly, it should be that guy who got good results in the scientific examination to show off, after all, is he a rival in love? Naturally, he will not let go of the opportunity to show off, and he has not shown off less when he is a general.

When I opened the family letter, it was indeed my sister-in-law's note, and it was written that it was not a big deal. Father Liu Ce's brother Liu Zhiming has returned to Beijing from the north, and there is no injury on his body, and his mother is a little bad when she first enters the winter, and she is not good now, and the doctor said that it will be fine if you raise more. Liu Xiaoxiao has grown up, and he can write poetry, and the Liu family is also going to be a writer, and he is fortunate to be a little better at reading than you. The weight of the back shows that Xia Er, as a girl in the same room, is still in her twenties, how can she hold back such a big girl by her side. The next time I come back, there is no result, so I will follow you to the barracks.

It's mostly trivial things Liu Zhixing watched seriously, and he hadn't been home for a year. I used to feel my father's nagging at home, and my brother and sister-in-law's thoughts were very annoying, and naturally there was a sticky little sister who couldn't get away from her body all the time. Now it's funny to watch every word my sister-in-law writes, that's home. The young man of the Li family will also be homesick, and he will miss the braised pork made by the chef at home, the osmanthus cake of Granny Wang, the chaos of Grandpa Wu, and the wine of the old shopkeeper of Lu's Restaurant, all of which are first-class delicious.

Unconsciously read the thirteen pages of the family letter word for word, and it was a little strange that since his father, who had returned to Beijing, did not see his notebook, and there were still thirteen pages that did not mention the news of Yulian at one time. Liu Zhixing thought that it was almost the New Year, and he had probably returned to Huangqu, after all, it was the letter sent to the military camp by the Jianghu family, and it was normal to go slowly, after all, it was not an official post station.

After sorting out the family letters, I remembered Zhang Bai's letters. The guards came with a bowl of hot dishes and five steamed buns, and naturally the hot pheasant was indispensable. There is one thing Liu Zhixing has always been very curious, there are many vegetables and meat in the bowl, but there are no large pieces, every time it is either fish soup or chicken soup, and there is also a lot of pork rib soup, why is there only soup and no meat every time. The steamed buns have gone from three to five, and where have the chicken, fish, and pork ribs gone in the soup.

His own food has always been the best in the camp, which is what Liang Bo Chu Hanlin swears. Say that the soldiers don't have good food, so don't rob it, general. It's just a little strange where all the meat went, and I didn't eat a bun for a steamed bun.

Looking at the oil-stained guard Liu Zhixing, it was not easy to say anything, and it was not a matter for the soldiers to eat a piece or two of meat if they were not good.

The guard put the food on the desk in the room: "The general will clean up after the general is finished." ”

Liu Zhixing nodded lightly: "Go ahead, eat more for a while, and have a little strength when you are beaten." The guards were stunned for a moment, and made up their minds to let others clean up for a while.

Eating steamed buns, stuffing a mouthful of vegetables into my stomach, practicing gunnery at noon every day, my stomach will always be involuntarily hungry. took a sip of the chicken soup, which was not bad, and took out Zhang Bai's letter. There are only three pages in total, and it is written in front of me that I am Zhang Bai Han's window and read hard as usual. In the future, if you are an official of the same dynasty and do something together, General Liu should not make a stumbling block, and when you return to Taiping City at the same door, you must put on a big wine and not vomit for three days and three nights, and no one can go home. Liu Zhixing didn't care about this sentence, so I couldn't imagine that Zhang Bai was really the top student in the exam.

Eating steamed buns, Liu Zhixing smiled slightly: "It's not that I show off and win the champion, if it weren't for my Liu Zhixing's unwillingness to be a civil official, maybe it would still be mine." "I thought that when I went back, I must see if Zhang Bai's alcohol consumption has grown. still surprisingly did not mention Yulian, nor did he say that he would take the opportunity to marry Yulian home.

But when it came to the first sentence of the last night, Liu Zhixing's face froze, and it was written that His Majesty had canonized the jade beauty. The follow-up briefly explained the role of King Qi, and Liu Zhixing bit the steamed bun and swallowed it into his stomach. Drink the chicken soup in one gulp, and the light chicken soup is mixed into the bitter spirits, and the heart is even more sad.

At the end of the letter, Zhang Bai said that he had decided to stand on the side of the prince, one was for a scholar, and the other was not like that person who ascended to the throne.

He slapped the letter on the desk, picked up the spear, and angrily walked out of the door, shouting, "Someone." ”

The guards who had just left came in fear, didn't they just steal a few pieces of meat? As for the general's anger with a gun, he was about to admit the fact of stealing food, Liu Zhixing shouted: "Pass on my general's order, Lu Lin, Chu Hanlin, Gao Xiaolong, and Zheng Shuixin lead the twenty-four boiling eagles, as well as the thirty swords to stand by in the army. ”

The guards breathed a sigh of relief, wondering if the general had made another big move. Before he agreed, Liu Zhixing said: "Take me back from Fenyang, less than one person will deal with you in the internal military law." ”

Watching the general carry his gun and ride away, he didn't even lead a personal guard, and the personal guard was at a loss. Hurriedly ordered the herald and recalled several generals who were outside, and the general did not dare to forget a word to convey the hope that the boiling eagle far south could rush back, which was the most elite team of the thirteenth battalion. It seems that any army of twenty-four people and thirteen battalions dares to say that it will win, this Xiao cavalry archery and swordsmanship is super complete climbing mountains and wading on the ground, everyone is a first-class master of the rivers and lakes, most of them are strong crossbowmen under Shao Jiu, swordsmen under Lu Lin, field soldiers under Zheng Shuiji, crossbowmen under You Dahu, and crossbowmen under You Dahu, accounting for the elite of the thirteen battalions, no one has a centurion military position is not in the establishment, and it can even be said that it is a private army of Liu Zhixing.

On the third day, the four of them gathered in Liu Zhixing's camp, and Chu Hanlin, who was personally recalled by Liu Zhixing from Fenyang, really saw the shameless spirit of his own general. almost had to share the bed with the handsome Chen Geng, and he was always accompanied by the toilet. With a bowl for dining, I want to go back to Taiping City, if I don't promise me, Liu Zhixing will stick to the handsome. Chen Geng ordered confinement, but he didn't expect that Liu Zhixing, who was heavily guarded, had already slept on Chen Geng's bed that night.

Chen Geng, who was broken and helpless and couldn't really remove his military post, had no choice but to agree, so that Liu Zhixing dared to rush back to the barracks before the fifteenth. That night, Liu Zhixing held the wine that Chen Geng had treasured for many years in his arms and rode wildly, not knowing whether it was wine or tears along the way. I hated why I couldn't insist on getting married for a few more days and then going to the border, and why I had to make an agreement. and Zhang Bai couldn't see any trivial things clearly in Taiping City, and hated himself even more.

Rushed back to the barracks, ten personal guards Chu Hanlin, Lu Lin, thirty swordsmen, Gao Xiaolong, Zheng Shuixin, and twenty-four boiled eagles arrived. Liu Zhixing, whose face was stained with wine, watched a group of people waiting for the military order, but Liu Zhixing said: "Bring enough dry food with me now, and prepare for the attack." ”

All the soldiers of the 13th Battalion will never ask questions once they see the general like this, only two words: "Get the order." ”

changed into clean clothes, wore armor, carried a silver spear and a sword at his waist, and had a silver ticket with a full 100,000 taels on his chest. This is almost all the family property that Liu Zhixing earned from the establishment of the Thirteen Battalions, of course, it is the dividends that Chu Hanlin earned for himself by doing business. Nowadays, this group of people is not so rich that they can stay, how can there be any army in the world to make money, especially at the border.

The whole army is ready to send a group of sixty-nine people, which is the best war horse of sixty-nine thirteen battalions. Liu Zhixing rode a horse and lifted his spear and said, "Go back to Beijing." "Everyone is clothed like a god of death.

Only then did he leave the barracks, Chu Hanlin asked: "Why did the general mobilize the army to return to Beijing." ”

Liu Zhixing, whose face was frozen, said: "I want to ask if some people don't take me Liu Zhixing in their eyes, or if King Qi thinks that the throne is easy to sit on, and why His Majesty wants to do it." ”