Wu Zhaoling returned to the capital, Shi Zanqing chatted for a while and left with the extra money and grain from the river camp, and even Chen Chongtong handed over the remaining money and grain account books and the roster of soldiers to Xi Yibing, the alternate magistrate sent by Wu Tingdong to act as the general office of the camp office, saying that he wanted to go to Beijing with Wu Tingdong to meet him.

After a while, an official document was either to transfer troops or to move money and food, and the good river camp was dismembered like a family. Cui Hao couldn't sit still, and he took a few days off and planned to return to the capital.

How could Han Xiufeng not know that he felt that he had no future in Heying any longer, so he happily granted leave, and then returned to the small courtyard of the village like no one.

Such a big move naturally couldn't hide from Second Master Fei, and as soon as he saw Han Xiufeng come back, he followed up with the study and asked, "Zhixing, what did Master Shi say?" ”

"Master Shi said that Yongxiang and they will not be able to come back, and in the future, there will be more than 100 soldiers left in my river camp."

"What's the matter with Chen Chongtong?"

"I'm going to be promoted, and when I come back from Beijing, I will be the master of Gu'an County."

"Why was he promoted?" Second Master Fei asked puzzled.

Han Xiufeng helped Second Master Fei make tea, put down the teapot and said with a smile: "He was originally an alternate magistrate waiting for the trial of the commission, and now he has a meritorious role in helping to run the business, and it is a matter of course to be able to act as the agent of Gu'an County." ”

"If you want to talk about merit, is it difficult for Wang Qianli's merit to be inferior to him Chen Chongtong?"

"If you talk about merit, Qianli's credit is not small, but Qianli has no friendship with Wu Tingdong! Chen Chongtong is different, Chen Chongtong is Wu Tingdong's person. Wu Tingdong is now a saint, and he will soon be acting as a direct envoy, so he will naturally bring his own people. ”

"Wu Tingdong wants to act as a direct subordinate inspector, so do you know who will replace him to be the Yongding River?"

"Master Shi is just the same as me, and he knows the same thing, and there is no drama in ten **, as for whether the emperor will send someone else to take care of the Yongding River, or let Wu Tingdong take care of the river affairs, then I don't know. What I'm worried about now is the big head, the pillar, the little tiger, the iron lock and the Chen Hu. ”

"Zhixing, are you worried that they will be transferred to serve under the monk king or Shengbao like Zhang Gui and Gu Dehui?"

"I used to say that I was going to serve before the battle, but in fact, I went to the battlefield to train the soldiers, not to mention Shengbao, even the monk king didn't dare to rob our people. Now that the emperor has changed his mind, he doesn't want the river camp to defend Gyeonggi anymore, and there is no such thing as battlefield training, so they are like meat on the chopping board to be slaughtered. The more Han Xiufeng thought about it, the more worried he became, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Second Master Fei hurriedly comforted: "Isn't there a thousand miles over there, not only Wang Qianli but also Yongxiang!" With Wang Qianli and Yongxiang taking care of them, the big head, the pillar, and the little tiger should be fine. ”

"I can only count on them," Han Xiufeng thought for a while, and then said: "I really looked away before, Yongxiang is just poor, and the so-called people are poor and short-minded, so at first glance, I thought he had no heart, he was very loyal and honest, but in fact, he was shrewd." Don't talk about it from afar, let's just say that in the matter of Fan Dapeng, he has the right to play secretly, and it is easy to clean up Fan Dapeng, but he does not have a folding participation, so he allows Fan Dapeng to connive at his subordinates to harm the place. ”

"Why didn't he clean up Fan Dapeng?" Second Master Fei asked subconsciously.

"It's not that he doesn't want to clean up, but he doesn't dare." Han Xiufeng greeted Second Master Fei for tea, and explained: "First, I don't dare to offend too many people, and second, I am worried that the emperor will think he is incompetent, so I simply don't do anything, and wait for me to come back and clean up the surname Fan." ”

"I really know people and faces, but I don't know my heart, if you don't say it, I really think he is a man of temperament!"

"It's not a bad thing," Han Xiufeng picked up the teacup and said with a smile: "Master Shi said that he will be promoted soon, and he is on an errand for the infantry army commander Yamen." He is most familiar with the situation in the river camp, and he should be able to speak to which people to take to the Yamen of the infantry army and which people to take to the Yamen of the infantry army. ”

Second Master Fei blurted out: "You haven't offended him, treat him well, he should take your favor and repay your kindness." ”

"It stands to reason that he should bring the big heads back to the capital, even if he can't bring the infantry commander Yamen, he will help bring people to me and bring the Gu'an people. But after all, it is Shengbao who has the final say on the Fucheng side, and I really don't know if he can help with this. ”

"Isn't there still Wang Qianli, I guess there should be nothing."

"I hope so, it's useless to sit here in a hurry anyway," Han Xiufeng looked back behind him, and reminded in a low voice: "Second master, you just need to know these things, don't tell your sister and Cuihua, otherwise they don't know what to worry about." ”

"I'm not going to talk nonsense, it's just ...... Just ......"

"Just what?"

Second Master Fei stared at his eyes and said, "Zhixing, I don't think you can just sit back and wait for news when something is so big, why don't you also go to Wu Tingdong for a few days off and go to the capital." ”

How could Han Xiufeng not hear the meaning of Second Master Fei's words, and asked with a wry smile: "Second Master, what do you say I will do in the capital?" ”

"The river camp is almost gone, hurry up and get an errand!"

"Heying is almost gone, but my errand is still there, it is not appropriate to ask for an official at this time, and I don't want to do this official for a long time," Han Xiufeng smiled, and continued: "Besides, who do you always ask me to go to the capital to find here?" If you can help say it, Lord Sushun has helped to say it, and it is not appropriate to find Lord Sushun again. ”

"Find Master Peng!"

"It's even more inappropriate to beg Lord Peng."

"What's inappropriate?"

"The reason why Master Peng recommended me at that time was to give face to Lord Xu Naizhao and Xu, and Wu Tingdong happened to invite the whole river camp, which can be said to be a boat pushing down the river. In other words, people don't have much friendship with me, so they gave Lord Xu face and helped me once, but they won't help me a second time. What's more, I'm fine now, and I don't need him to take care of me. ”

"If you don't ask for attention, is it difficult to achieve this nominal South Bank Tongzhi and River Camp Officer?"

"Second master, you haven't been in the office, you don't know that officialdom is sinister, anyway, I think there's nothing wrong with being famous." Han Xiufeng turned to look at the wooden box resting on the bookshelf, and muttered: "It's not easy for a person like me to be able to be a true five-grade Tongzhi, and it is very difficult to be a Taoist or even a platform like Wu Tingdong, even if you can do it, you have to rely on military merits." But how can it be so easy to make military merits, if you don't do it, you will really die before you are rewarded. I have a family, a mother-in-law and a baby, but I don't want to risk my life anymore, it's best to be safe and sound like now. ”

Thinking of the more than forty names recorded in the booklet in the wooden box, Second Master Fei reacted, nodded again and again: "Also, peace is blessing, I would rather be this nominal justice of the peace than risk my life to fight for any military exploits!" ”

"Don't say that, second master, I'm going to go to East Lake in the afternoon, would you like to go for a walk together?"

"Okay, I've always wanted to see the East Lake and West Lake in Gu'an, and then the babies have Yu'er to help teach, and I have nothing."

As he spoke, there was a hurried sound of horses' hooves outside.

Han Xiufeng was about to go out to see who was coming, when he heard Chen Hu shouting outside: "Fourth master, is the fourth master here, I'm back!" ”

"I'm here, come in!"

Chen Hu handed the reins to Ge Erxiao, who was guarding the door, and hurriedly ran in and knelt down and said: "Fourth master, Master Wang asked the little one to come back quickly and report to you, Master Wang asked you not to worry, the eldest brother and the pillar who just went, Xiaohu and other brothers are all fine." ”

"What about faith?" Han Xiufeng asked eagerly.

"Here," Chen Hu hurriedly took out the letter from his arms, got up and wiped his sweat, and immediately bowed down to give Fei Erye a salute, and then took the tea handed by Fei Erye and drank it.

Han Xiufeng was worried about the big people who played in front of the Fucheng formation, and he didn't bother to ask Chen Hu if he was hungry and if he had eaten, so he opened Wang Qianli's letter.

I don't know if I don't see it, but when I look at it, I not only breathe a sigh of relief but also smile.

Second Master Fei couldn't help but ask: "Zhixing, what did Qianli say?" ”

Qianli said that most of them went late, and they didn't even have the errand of building a wall to block it, so they could only help guard the grain and grass that was transferred from all over the country. If you don't have a chance to go into battle, you won't have a chance to kill thieves, and if you don't have a chance to kill thieves, you won't have a chance to help Zhu Zi and Xiaohu fight for military achievements, so they went to find Wang Qianli. Wang Qianli couldn't let them get into danger, so he asked them to scrape together some money and help them go to other battalions to buy a dozen long-haired heads and shotguns captured from long-haired hands, which were counted as their merits. ”

"And then?"

"The pillar is mixed with the general, and the little tiger and the iron lock are mixed with the foreign commission." Han Xiufeng looked down at the letter, and said coldly: "Jiang Liu also wanted to pay for Wang Qianli to help buy it, but the head of the long hair was not something that could be bought if he wanted to, and seeing that Wang Qianli didn't buy it later, he led the monkey around outside the city, never thinking that his turtle son's luck was not a little good, and he actually captured a long-haired fine work who disguised himself as a common man and wanted to go out to send a letter for help, and made a great contribution, and was promoted by the school as the general manager." ”

Second Master Fei realized why Han Xiufeng's face had become so ugly, because Jiang Liu's bastard didn't just go around, but planned to kill Liang and take risks, and it was just luck to be able to capture a long-haired spy.

"His heart can be punished, his heart can be punished!"

"He wants to be an official and wants to go crazy," Han Xiufeng put down the letter, and continued: "Then Yongxiang received an edict to join the generals and guerrillas of the Yamen, the commander of several infantry armies who served in front of the formation, and select and transfer a thousand soldiers from all walks of life who served in front of the battle to return to Beijing. ”

"Let's go to the patrol camp with Yongxiang!"

"So Wang Qianli asked them to listen to Yongxiang and let them go back to the capital with Yongxiang." Finally don't have to worry about the safety of Zhuzi and the others anymore, Han Xiufeng smiled, looked up at Chen Hu and asked, "Chen Hu, Qianli said in the letter that Yongxiang also wants to take you to the capital to eat fragrant and spicy food, why don't you want to go?" ”

Chen Hu wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "Fourth master, we are your people, how can we leave you and Yongxiang to go to the capital!" Besides, Master Wang went to inquire with those friends of Lord Shengbao, do you know what people say, they said that there is nothing to do with our river camp next, and we don't need to go into battle again, let us honestly help watch the grain and grass behind. ”

"Don't you need to go into battle?" Second Master Fei was confused.

"The long hair is almost over, this time is different from before, they don't say they ran away, it is estimated that they don't even have the strength to break, I heard people say before I came back that they have long run out of food, and they have begun to eat people!" Looking at Second Master Fei's surprised look, Chen Hu smiled again: "People don't let us go into battle because they are worried that I will rob them of their credit." ”

The Shuntian Mansion could not control the capital, and the law and order in the capital was maintained by the patrol camp.

In other words, going to the infantry barracks or patrol battalions to command the yamen is almost the same as being a servant in the capital, not only is the food and salary guaranteed, but also there is oil and water, even if you are an ordinary soldier, it is better than being a general or even a thousand generals in the river battalion.

Chen Hu and other brothers of the old Taiyong camp were reluctant to go to Beijing with Yongxiang, Han Xiufeng was very relieved and even a little moved, and couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "People go to high places, water flows to low places, you can go to the capital on an errand and don't go, you are in the blessing and don't know the blessing!" ”

"Fourth master, if we go to the capital with Yongxiang, we will not know the blessing in the blessing!"

"Okay, okay, if you don't go, don't go, wait for the errand over there in Fucheng, and come back with Qianli."

"Fourth master, I won't leave when I come back this time, before I came back, Master Wang explained, and he also said that he would think of a way to let everyone who can come back come back."

Wang Qianli's letter didn't say this, Han Xiufeng subconsciously asked, "Can Lord Shengbao agree?" ”

Chen Hu couldn't help but smile and said, "Didn't I tell you just now, people don't want to see us now, and they are always worried that we will rob them of their work." Especially if you have an official and a half-job, it is not difficult to come back. ”