Kou Zhun did not decide on the candidate for the prison army on the spot, and announced the dissolution of the dynasty.

After the dispersal of the dynasty.

As soon as Kou Ji came out of the Vertical Arch Palace, Cao Wei then greeted him and said to Kou Ji: "Accompany the old man for a walk......

Kou Ji knew that Cao Wei had something to say, nodded, followed Cao Wei out of the palace, and strolled all the way through the streets of Bianjing City.

Cao Wei asked Kou Ji with some embarrassment, "Can you see something from the war in Western Xia?" ”

Kou Ji stared at Cao Wei suspiciously, and asked, "What are you referring to?" ”

Cao Wei glanced at Kou Ji and said lightly: "The prison army ......"

Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said, "Do you want to say that it's not that you generals can't win the battle, it's not that you can't win the battle, it's purely because of the constraints of the supervising army?" ”

Cao Wei nodded and said, "Yes, you are not in the army, and you don't understand the dangers of the prison army at all." But whenever there is a war, we, who are generals, lead the troops to rush forward, on the one hand, we have to fight the enemy, and on the other hand, we have to prevent the prison army from interfering in the back. ”

Cao Wei laughed miserably and said in a low voice: "This is not the most terrifying, the most terrifying thing is that when it is clear that it is time to withdraw, the prison army will take the supervision team to carry their own heads in the back, forcing the soldiers under their hands to rush forward."

When it was time to advance, they and the warlords were slow to advance. ”

Kou Ji looked stunned and said in a deep voice: "Impossible, right? Are they so stupid? ”

Cao Wei glanced at Kou Ji and said in a low voice: "They always feel that when the soldiers should charge, they need to press the formation to avoid the soldiers from falling into the trap of the enemy when they are greedy for merit."

They always felt that when it was time to withdraw, they urged the soldiers to endure and fight hard with the enemy for a few battles, and they could win. ”

When Koji heard this, he fell silent.

Seeing that Kou Ji was silent, Cao Wei looked at Kou Ji and gritted his teeth and said, "Lint is the best of them...... But as long as he supervises the army, the officers and men in the army will not end well. Other supervising troops will take into account the status of the leading generals in the court, even if they will restrain the leading generals, they will not be too restrictive.

Lint was different, he often risked his life to wrest power from the leading generals.

Then he commanded the soldiers and horses to fight indiscriminately.

The credit for winning the war is his.

If you lose, the sin is the leader of the general. ”

Cao Wei clenched his fists and said fiercely: "That's how he climbed up step by step on the corpses of the disciples of the sect one by one." ”

Kou Ji narrowed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and said, "That being the case, why didn't anyone put a cold arrow behind his back and kill him?" ”

Cao Wei looked back in the direction of the palace and sneered: "Who dare? When Taizong was in power, he vigorously promoted Wenchen, even if he did something wrong, Taizong would also protect one or two.

When the first emperor was in power, he killed the generals who led the troops, and after returning to the dynasty, he had to beat a rake.

The first emperor believed in him and did not believe in us. ”

Cao Wei paused, and said, "It's like Li Zhaoliang's defeat in Huaizhou this time...... If the old man guessed correctly, it must be a good thing that Ding Wei did. But after he returned to the court, he beat him up and put all the blame on Li Zhaoliang.

However, Li Zhaoliang did not see anyone alive or dead, and he was powerless to defend.

Now the people of the Li family don't even dare to go out, for fear that others will catch them, and ask where the 150,000 children of their family who went to Western Xia have gone......"

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "My grandfather has now sent three groups of people to investigate this matter, but so far no results have been found. ”

Cao Wei snorted coldly: "After the old man arrives in the northwest, he will definitely investigate this matter clearly and give the Li family justice." ”

Kou Ji nodded heavily.

Cao Wei looked at Kou Ji and said, "The old man is not looking for you this time to complain to you, but to ask you to tell your grandfather, so that he must not send Lin Te to the old man's army as a supervisor." ”

Cao Wei stared at Kou Ji and said seriously: "This expedition is probably the last time the old man will go on this expedition in his life." The old man didn't want to have a disgusting person around him, so that the old man couldn't get in the way. ”

Kou Ji said seriously: "I will persuade my grandfather." ”

Cao Wei arched his hand, "Then there is work......

Kou Ji sighed.

Kou Ji returned the salute and walked towards the mansion.

After taking two steps, he heard Cao Wei shouting behind him: "The old man went out this time, if he can get some meritorious deeds by luck, the old man can take nothing at all." I just ask the court not to send Lin Te to the old man. ”

Kou Ji didn't speak, didn't turn around, and returned to the mansion with his head down.

After returning to the mansion, Kou Ji went straight to the main hall and waited for Kou Zhun to return to the mansion in the main hall.

waited until midnight until midnight before Kou Zhun returned home from the palace for a long time.

As soon as Kou Zhun saw Kou Ji, he let out a long sigh, and without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, he spoke: "Pack up your things and prepare to go out with Cao Wei." ”

Kou Ji also wanted to chase Kou Zhun to ask about the prison army, but when he heard Kou Zhun's words, he was slightly stunned and puzzled: "I went out with Cao Wei?" ”

After Kou Ji was puzzled, he suddenly got up, his eyes widened, and he said in amazement: "I'm the prison army?!" ”

Kou Zhun pouted and said, "Supervise the military affairs of Baozhou and go north with the army." ”

Kou Ji was stunned and said, "Isn't this the prison army?" ”

Kou Zhun snorted coldly: "Compared to Lint, you are a bullshit overseer. Lint is the military supervisor of Zhending Mansion! ”

Kou Ji frowned and said in a deep voice, "Lin Te is really a prisoner? Grandfather, you didn't stop it? ”

Kou Zhun said with a calm face: "The old man stopped it, but he didn't stop it." After hearing that Lin Te took the initiative to ask Ying to serve as the overseer, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty shrank like quails one by one.

The old man found three or four people, but none of them were willing to serve as overseers. ”

Kou Ji snorted coldly: "I see that they are scared by the Liao people one by one, and they don't want to face the Liao people." ”

Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said, "Why didn't my grandfather let Wang Zeng serve as the overseer?" ”

Kou Zhun said in a deep voice: "The old man also thought about letting Wang Zeng serve as the prison army, but now it is the end of the year, and the affairs of the criminal department are busy, and Wang Zeng can't get out. Originally, the old man wanted Chen Lin to serve as a supervisor with you, but Concubine Li didn't let go, and Liu E didn't want to let go. ”

Kou Ji wondered, "Why?" ”

Kou Zhun snorted coldly, "What else could it be?" They were afraid that Chen Lin would follow Wang Jien and Zhou Huaizheng's old story. The queen mother also wanted Guo Huai to serve as the supervisor, but the old man vetoed it on the spot. ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "So my grandfather wants me to go north with Cao Wei to balance Linte." ”

Kou Zhun nodded and said, "Not bad......"

Kou Ji pondered for a moment, tilted his head, stared at Kou Zhun and asked: "With Lint's body bones, if he leaves Bianjing City and is tired with the army along the way, if there is an accident, what should he do?" ”

When Kou Zhun heard this, he glanced at Kou Ji meaningfully, and said lightly: "If he died on the road because of the fatigue of the boat, it was also his own fault, and it has nothing to do with the imperial court." ”

Kou Ji nodded thoughtfully.

Seeing that Kou Ji was thoughtful, Kou Zhun reminded, "Be careful......"

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

Immediately, Kou Ji arched his hand to Kou Zhun and returned to his yard to sleep.

Following.

After Ko Ji got up, he began to prepare for his expedition with the army.

Kou Ji instructed the servants of the palace to carry the sealed boxes from the courtyard where the craftsmen were located, carry them to the cart, and wrap them in blankets sewn from fur.

Except for Kou Ji, no one knew what was inside.

In short, the things that Kou Ji brought out of the yard where the craftsman was located filled sixteen carts.

Kou Zhong picked and chose among the guards in the mansion, and picked out eighteen people who were strong in martial arts and could block swords and arrows for Kou Ji.

Once the items are ready.

Kou Zhong took Zhang Yuan and came to Kou Ji.

After a year of training by Kou Zhong, Zhang Yuan no longer has the slightest bit of domineering, he is extremely well-behaved and follows Kou Zhong meekly.

Kou Zhong pointed at Zhang Yuan and said to Kou Ji: "The little young master goes out with the army, bring this person, he will definitely become your right-hand man." ”

Kou Ji glanced at Zhang Yuan and asked Kou Zhong, "He can be obedient." ”

Kou Zhong smiled and nodded.

Kou Ji looked at Zhang Yuan again and said indifferently: "Then I have to give it a try and see if he can be my right-hand man." ”

Zhang Yuan said meekly: "Little young master, although he orders." ”

Kou Ji said to Kou Zhong: "Give him three times of money and let him leave the house now." ”

Kou Zhong and Zhang Yuan were stunned.

I don't understand the meaning of Kou Ji's words.

But they nodded obediently.

Kou Zhong withdrew three times of money from the account room in the mansion and gave it to Zhang Yuan.

When Zhang Yuan left the mansion, Kou Ji called out to him and reminded him in a low voice, "I don't want to see Lint appear in Zhending Mansion alive." ”

Zhang Yuan understood, didn't say a word, and left the Kou Mansion with the three habitual money.

After Zhang Yuan left.

Kou Ji frowned and asked Kou Zhong, "This person is gloomy, cunning and treacherous, are you sure that he has left the Kou Mansion and will not repeat?" ”

Kou Zhong said confidently: "Although the little young master can use it with confidence, if he repeats it, the little young master will come and go to the old servant's head." ”

Kou Ji asked curiously, "What means did you use against him?" ”

Kou Zhong smiled indifferently: "Please forgive the little master, the old servant's methods used on Zhang Yuan, I am afraid that it will stain your ears if you say it." ”

Kou Zhong refused to say.

Kou Ji didn't ask any more questions.

After noon.

Kou Ji led his men, escorted a cart full of things, and rode a donkey to the military camp outside Bianjing City.

During the march, it is not allowed to sit in a sedan chair.

Kou Ji couldn't go to the northwest in a sedan chair.

He doesn't know how to ride a horse.

The carriage was too bumpy, and Kou Ji was afraid that he would be bumped to death by the carriage before he reached the northwest.

So he chose to ride a donkey.

Kou Ji and his party went out of the city.

Stop at a grass pavilion outside the city.

The guards and servants on the Kou Mansion consciously escorted the cart full of things and stopped on the side of the road not far from the entrance of the Caoting.

Kou Ji jumped off the donkey and drooped his head into the grass pavilion.

There were two people in the grass pavilion.

Two women.

They had probably been waiting in the grass pavilion for a long time, so their bodies were a little trembling.

Kou Ji entered the grass pavilion, stared at the two of them, and said with a smile: "Last winter, I sent Lu Yijian out of Beijing. No, this winter, I will also leave Beijing.

I originally thought that the people who sent me should be Liu Heng, Cao Yan, and Fan Zhongyan.

But I didn't expect that the people who sent me were actually two women. ”

Xiang Yan asked Kou Ji to sit down, and said with a low smile: "When I arrived at the grass pavilion, I saw Fan Zhong drowning in the grass pavilion waiting for you. I didn't think he was an eyesore, so I asked him to wait for you at the pavilion a mile away. ”

Kou Ji glanced at the girl beside Xiang Yan and wondered, "Why didn't you bring your inseparable little sister this time?" ”

Xiang Yan opened the food box on the table and took out the wine and food, she helped Kou Ji pour the wine, and laughed in a low voice: "The little sister knew that she was going to see you off, so she refused to come over, so I brought the second sister over to see you off." ”

Kou Ji stared at Xiang Yan and muttered: "The first time I saw you, you pointed at my nose and scolded me, and the second time I saw you, you hid your face and left."

Why are we like old friends who haven't seen each other for many years? ”

Xiang Yan didn't answer, but slowly poured herself a glass of wine.

Sister Xiang Jia'er on the side said in a low voice: "That's because my sister is in the house this year, and she will think of you from time to time." If you think too much, you won't feel rusty in front of you. ”

Xiang Yan angrily reprimanded the second sister of the Xiang family, "I want you to talk more......"

Kou Ji stared at Xiang Yan and whispered, "It's a little unbelievable......"

Xiang Yan didn't speak, just slowly raised her wine glass.

Kou Ji hesitated for a moment, raised his wine glass, touched it with Xiang Yan, and drank it all.

He clicked his lips and said in amazement: "Pear blossom white that has been hidden for twenty years? Didn't Grandpa Xiang say that you don't have this thing in Xiangfu anymore? ”

Xiang Yan smiled indifferently, poured another glass of wine for Kou Ji, and then laughed in a low voice: "In the wine cellar in the house, there are still thirty altars. ”

Kou Ji was stunned when he heard this, and then grinned: "Then it is indispensable to go to the house to disturb one or two." ”

Xiang Yan still smiled and didn't speak.

Kou Ji picked up the wine glass and wanted to taste the pear blossom white again, but after holding the wine glass, he couldn't drink it a little.

He looked at Xiang Yan and said seriously: "You obviously don't like me, and even hate me a little......"

Xiang Yan was slightly stunned, groaned for a while, and laughed in a low voice: "I don't know either...... It's just that after the first night, when I return to the house, I will always think of you. ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and said in amazement: "Why? ”

Xiang Yan shook his head.

After a pause, her eyes fell on the purse on Kou Ji's waist, and she whispered, "Maybe it's because of it." It was embroidered by me with my hair, so it was worn on you, and I couldn't help but think about it, and then I couldn't help but think of you. ”

Kou Ji was a little stunned when he heard this.

Xiang Yan looked at him and said with a smile: "I'm in the mansion, I heard that you are going to the northwest to fight against the Liao." I'm a little worried about your safety, so I'm here to see you off. ”

Kou Ji laughed and said: "You are really bold, other women say this, or do such things, I am afraid that they will be drowned by those rumors in Bianjing City."

Aren't you afraid? ”

Xiang Yan was stunned for a moment and shook her head slowly.

The second sister of the Xiang family pouted on the side and said, "Since my sister's purse was worn on you, there are no more people who ask Xiangfu to marry my sister." My sister has no other destination in this life except to marry you. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he frowned slightly, looked at Xiang Yan, and said, "That's why you became the way you are now, not the two times I saw it before?" ”

Xiang Yan groaned for a while, thought about it seriously, looked at Kou Ji, stared at Kou Ji's eyes, and said, "The current me is the real me." The Xiang Yan you saw before was not me. ”

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