Xufu, the capital city.

Xu Fan helped his father get out of the sedan chair, and after entering the house, he took the hot towel and wrung it out to cover his face, rubbing his hands and feet vigorously, and the servants on the side had already prepared braziers and hot soup.

Xu Jie is not from a poor family, after all, his father is a Bapin County Cheng, but compared with the Lu, Gu, Qian, Zhang and other big families in Songjiang, it is inevitable that he will be dwarfed.

But Xu Fan, who has stayed in Songjiang for more than 20 years, has developed a luxurious temperament, and the things used are all exquisite, there are five beautiful concubines alone, although his wife Ji has no children so far, but the concubines have given birth to three sons and four daughters for him.

"Let's all go back." Xu Fan waved his hand to let the children who came to greet him go back to the house, leaving only his sister Miss Xu Si.

Lying on the chair for a while, Xu Jie relieved himself, although he was only in his early fifties, but this year's capital was extremely cold, although there was a brazier in Xiyuan Zhilu, but it was difficult to resist the biting cold.

"I received a letter from my uncle and second uncle today." Xu Fan reported in a low voice, "The Japanese robbed Qingpu, and the mulberry garden at home was damaged a lot. ”

The Xu family was rampant and domineering in Songjiang, enclosing a large area in Qingpu, and it was said that there were countless papers in the county government before the establishment of Qingpu County was revoked.

However, Xu Jie ignored these little things, and he still closed his eyes.

"It is said that Shuangjiang Gong has set off for Beijing?" Xu Fan asked tentatively: "Thanks to Shuangjiang Gong and Yu Dayou this time, although Songjiang is on the front line, it is not seriously damaged. ”

Xu Jie didn't seem to hear anything, still thinking about something in his heart with his eyes closed.

Xu Fan was a little bored, glanced at his sister on the side, and sneered: "That Qian family is said to have been expelled by Shuangjiang Gong for exaggerating his great military exploits, and he is out of the way." ”

The slim Miss Xu Si lowered her eyes slightly, and said in a low voice: "Brother, you still have to take care of the backyard, my mother is not easy to interfere." ”

Xu Fan was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked, "It's the boss again?" ”

"What do you think, women's families learn to dance with swords and swords, it's really corrupt!"

Xu Fan stopped halfway through speaking, grinning and dodging the sight of his father Xu Jie, when he was only thirteen years old, he accepted his first concubine and gave birth to an eldest daughter, originally gentle and virtuous, but recently he actually likes swords, and the backyard is very chaotic.

Xu Jie sighed and didn't reprimand anything, he felt indebted to his eldest son in his heart, he was degraded to Fujian back then, his wife died of illness, Xu Fan was alone in Huating, and he didn't even have a reputation so far.

But Xu Jie still hopes that his son can learn something, at least not to be said about a tiger father and a dog.

"Is Qian Zhancai stupid?" Xu Jie asked lightly: "Can a stupid person help the officers and soldiers defend the city twice and achieve a great victory?" How can a stupid person make friends with so many civil and military officials? ”

Xu Fan was stunned and didn't know what to say, Miss Xu Si replied in a low voice: "Qian Zhancai is extremely smart, and he is well versed in world affairs. ”

Xu Jie's appreciative gaze fell on her daughter, from the perspective of qualifications, among the three sons and one daughter, Miss Xu Si is the most outstanding.

"Qian Zhancai will definitely take the right path of the imperial examination in the future, and it is not difficult for the Songjiang case to be admitted to the imperial examination for the first time." Miss Xu Si explained softly: "Therefore, the battle exploits are of little use to him, at most they are the icing on the cake, and he will never be stupid enough to do anything about it." ”

"That'...... That ......" Xu Fan stammered, "It's impossible, I didn't have any damage to myself, and I killed more than 30 widows...... If it was true, why did Shuangjiang Gong drive it away? ”

Xu Jie closed his eyes again and sighed, "What a young hero." ”

Miss Xu Si hung her head and was silent, the news of the Zhang family had already come over, it seemed that the Qian family was very similar to his great-grandfather, and also like his uncle, his bones were a little hard.

……

West Garden, outside the Wanshou Palace.

"Commander Lu is finally here." Huang Jin hurriedly greeted him, "Your Majesty is in a hurry, and asked twice in three quarters of an hour." ”

Lu Bing is tall, strong and brave, and his steps are not big when he walks, but he lifts his feet very high and his posture is elegant, and Huang Jin knows that it is Lu Bing from a distance.

"Grandpa Huang." Lu Bing arched his hand and said: "If you don't check it clearly, how dare you come to see Your Majesty?" ”

Jiajing's gloomy and slender voice sounded by the temple gate, "Now it's clear?" ”

Lu Bing nodded and took out a booklet from his arms, "Eight or nine is not far from ten." ”

"Come in and talk about it."

He moved the round stool and sat down, and took the hot soup from the little eunuch and drank it all, Lu Bingcai carefully told the matter from beginning to end.

Lu Bing is a smart person, he will not deliberately consume Emperor Jiajing's affection and trust for him, but in the case of Xu Jie and Yan Song joining forces, he will not excuse Nie Bao and Zhang Jing.

"In other words, Zhang Jing didn't send troops until the Japanese invaded Suzhou Mansion on a large scale?" Emperor Jiajing's face became more and more gloomy.

"It's true in terms of the war situation, but Jiaxing Mansion, Suzhou Mansion, and Songjiang Mansion all had garrisons before." Lu Bing played a trick, "The Tianzhou wolf soldiers were indeed the last to join the battle, and finally defeated the Japanese in Wangjiangjing. ”

"More than a thousand beheadings?"

"About fifteen hundred."

"How many are the widows?"

"Uh...... The Japanese divided their troops outside Suzhou and went south to about 10,000 Japanese in Jiaxing Prefecture. ”

"Hey, hey, hey." Emperor Jiajing laughed angrily, "More than 10,000 Japanese invaders, more than 1,000 beheaded, plus the Japanese who divided the troops, all of them have not arrived!" ”

"What kind of bullshit is this Jiaxing victory!"

"How does he have the face to deliver good news!"

Emperor Jiajing scolded for a while, Huang Jin and Lu Bing around him were both old men brought out of Xingwang's Mansion back then, knowing that this master was uncomfortable, and he was afraid that he would turn around and sprinkle his anger on their heads if he didn't scold.

Suddenly, Emperor Jiajing stopped and stared back at Lu Bing, "Is it true or false over there Hu Zongxian?" ”

"Zhejiang Jinyi Wei Qianhu personally inspected the interrogation, and Shen Nanshan, the leader of the Japanese Bandits, and more than 400 of his subordinates were captured." Lu Bing said categorically: "There is no mistake. ”

Emperor Jiajing's face was cloudy, and there was suspicion in his eyes.

Lu Bing unhurriedly took out the booklet from his arms, turned to the page and handed it over, "Your Majesty, please take a look." ”

Emperor Jiajing suspiciously took the booklet and looked at it a few times, his long and narrow eyes were round, and after a pause, the corners of his mouth smiled, and finally he couldn't hold back a burst of laughter, "Actually...... Actually, no wonder they were all captured! ”

"There's something even more interesting." Lu Bing leaned in and deliberately whispered, "Your Majesty, do you remember that Songjiang Xiucai Qian Yuan?" ”

"Qian Yuan?"

"It is the ...... that helped the officers and soldiers to defend the city, the great victory of Jiading and the great victory of Chongde"

"Oh, oh, I remembered, I also specially instructed the Ministry of Officials to take credit for it." Emperor Jiajing asked with interest: "Is there anything else about him?" ”

"At that time, most of the troops in Hangzhou City were taken by Zhang Jing to Jiaxing Mansion and Suzhou Mansion, and the Japanese invaded Hangzhou and Yuhang, invading the canal, and Qian Yuan strongly persuaded Hu Zongxian to go out of the city to meet the enemy."

Lu Bing said this passage very interestingly, "It was Qian Yuan who was in charge of replacing the poison with laxatives, and it was said that the would-be robbers couldn't climb, and even the leader of the would-be robbers, Shen Nanshan, scolded that this move was too lacking in morality!" ”

"Hahaha!" Emperor Jiajing, who was depressed these days, laughed out loud for the second time, "Although it is a little unpleasant, but the Japanese invaders have suffered at the hands of this son three times and twice, and they are really the nemesis of the Japanese invaders!" ”

"This son was a talent in the middle of the year before last, the head of Songjiang Mansion, maybe he will be able to enter the department the year after tomorrow, and let him say a commentary when the time comes." Huang Jin was playing on the side.

"Huating Qian, a young hero, has a meritorious service to the country, how can he be so humiliated." Emperor Jiajing scolded with a smile.

Huang Jin smiled and stopped talking.

Seeing that Emperor Jiajing's mood was not bad, Lu Bing took out the fold from his arms, "After the first battle in Jiaxing, Nie Bao, who went south to supervise the war, set off to return to Beijing, and fell ill in Tongzhou on a long journey, so let the post station send the fold. ”

Emperor Jiajing's laughter stopped, and he squinted and opened it, "I want to return to my hometown...... What does he want to do......"

The courtiers said that they wanted to resign, but in most cases, they didn't really want to get out, but just a bargaining tactic.

But he never thought that Xu Jie would make a move on Nie Bao, Emperor Jiajing was confused for a while, but he keenly found that there should be some weirdness that he didn't know about.

Handing over the fold to Nie Bao is already considered to be benevolent and righteous, Lu Bing's eyes and nose are looking at his nose, his nose is looking at his heart, and he doesn't say a word.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the temple door, and the little eunuch knelt nervously outside the door with a fold.

After nightfall, there is still a song to be delivered, and there is only one possibility, the military newspaper that has just been delivered.

A moment later, angry shouts and curses rang out in the hall.

The 5,000 Japanese pirates who divided their troops under the city of Suzhou successively defeated Wang Chonggu, and Ren Huan, who returned to the reinforcements, crossed the Yangtze River and captured Jingjiang County, where the Japanese burned and looted, and thousands of people died in Jingjiang County alone.

Lu Bing lowered his head and closed his eyes, the timing of this military report was too coincidental, too coincidental, and I don't know if it was Yan Song or Xu Jie's hand.

In this case, His Majesty will only vent his anger on Zhang Jing, Li Tianchong, and even Nie Bao, who has just handed over the Zhishi recital.

Rao is Lu Bing has been in the sea for a long time, and he also feels the biting chill, this is to kill everything.