Everything was not going well at the meeting, and Shang Cheng's mood was also bad, so he raised his eyebrows and walked quickly; The stone and a few guards didn't dare to say a word, and followed closely at a trot. Passing through the corridor of the east courtyard, crossing a moon cave gate, and being able to see a corner of the west courtyard gate, Shang Cheng stopped suddenly, glanced at the guards standing by the door with a gloomy face, and turned his head to walk towards the back yard without saying a word.

The stone hurriedly caught up and reminded in a low voice: "Governor ......"

"Don't be wordy!" Shang Cheng said impatiently, "If you have something to say, just say it!" ”

“…… Zhongshan and Lao Qian are back, and they are waiting to see you in the official room of the West Courtyard. and Fan Quan, who also came. ”

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Shang Cheng glared at the stone. Shi replied with a smile: "They haven't been here for long, maybe less than half an hour." They arrived at the post post around noon, and entered the city after eating in the post station at noon, and first went to the Weifu to sign the escort and report, and then rushed over. I don't think they were doing official business, and you were in a meeting, so I didn't go into the council hall to tell you. Shang Cheng turned back to his side and asked casually as he walked, "Why did Fan Quan run back too?" Didn't I ask you and Lao Bao to bring him a message and tell him not to come back? Shi said, "I was here on an errand, and I didn't bother to ask carefully, and he didn't say that on the surface, it seemed that he had some disputes with others in Duanzhou, and he couldn't compete with others, so he simply went to Yanzhou to complain to you." ”

Shang Cheng's footsteps suddenly stagnated. Fan Quan was angry in Duanzhou, and he was so angry that he ran to Yanzhou to sue, no need to ask, something must have happened between him and Li Shen! Although Fan Quan's department was subordinate to the Chinese army, because after the end of the war last winter, his people had been stationed on the front line of Hurong Village, Ruqi Village, guarding the gateway of Yandong by Liangchuan, so the Wei Mansion temporarily assigned this strong force to Li Shen's Yanshan Right Army. For fear that Li Shen would be distracted, he had asked people to tell Fan Ji and the others many times, and repeatedly told them that they had to consult Li Shen for everything, and they must not act rashly...... Who knew that these two guys would take his words as a deaf ear, and in the end they would still be like this!

Before he reached the gate of the west courtyard, Fan Quan was already heard shouting loudly in the courtyard with a loud voice on the partition wall:

“…… Li Shoude is really not a thing! In the battle of Chu County, my three battalions have all arrived at Artemisia's house, and I can see the enemy's black eagle flag, Li Shoude gave a military order, and my mother has to drop the meat on the side of my mouth to answer Hu Lei's rammed goods. In the Beizheng War, I was the second to rush to the mountain temple, the seven battalions had just been dispersed, and it was his order again, so I could only go to the north to plug the gap...... Don't mention anything else, just give the New Year's reward, everyone else is a three-month full reward, but my soldiers only have two months; Not to mention the cattle and sheep that were sent, he didn't know where he got them, the meat collapsed from the rib cage by half an inch, and the shoulder blade bones protruded enough to be used as a knife......

There were probably a lot of people in the yard, listening to his exaggerated words, they were all laughing and scolding, and the guys with good things were still amusing him, saying: "Fan Lu, don't be hungry and look wrong, is that a cow?" Or did Li Shoude get a few wooden shelves and coax you with cowhides? ”

"It's a cow! Remove the bones and throw them into the pot to make the soup! Fan Quan also explained to the man seriously, "You just can't see the meat." You didn't see Ji Zheng's expression at that time. His eyes were red in a hurry, and he almost cut the little school who delivered the New Year's goods in two pieces, but it was the little school who picked all the meat before he drove the cow over......"

There was another burst of laughter in the courtyard. Someone said: "That little school is stupid, so I don't know how to explain to Lao Ji: The meat was taken by Li Shen to feed the dogs?" Someone laughed again, "You squatted in Beizheng City and drank the northwest wind to know a fart!" Lao Li Layue bought two new rooms in Duanzhou in one go, so why not eat more meat to nourish his body? ”

Shang Cheng listened to them outside the courtyard wall, the more unbearable they became, his heart was angry, his face was pale, he didn't even pay attention to the guards saluting, and walked a few steps into the courtyard, and saw that one or twenty seven or eight officers in green and green in the courtyard were sitting or standing in a circle, all of them rolled up their sleeves and tucked the corners of their robes, and they talked loudly, laughed and scolded each other. At this time, it was already dusk, and the Admiral's Mansion had already been dismissed, and there were only a few night clerks on duty who were running errands under the dripping eaves of the wings on both sides, pointing and pointing at a circle of people, and seeing him standing up the steps with a black face, he immediately slipped back to the official room with a quiet voice. Only one of the Silu had rheumatism and inconvenient legs and feet, and he couldn't dodge for a while and was stared at by his vicious gaze, so he had to come over and arch his hand at him with a smile on his face, and said sneeringly: "Governor ......"

"What's going on?"

"This ......," Si Lu grinned, not knowing how to explain it. This is Shang Cheng's usual office, the place is far from being more spacious than the East Courtyard, and there are few officials who can come here to talk to him, so only a side room is arranged for the officials waiting to be seen for sitting and waiting. Who knew that there were one or twenty officers here today, and they couldn't sit down in the wings at all, so they all poured into the courtyard. Although the clerks and scribes all knew that this was unruly, all the officers in the courtyard were soldiers who followed Shang Cheng, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was his confidants, and who would go up to dissuade these soldiers without opening their eyes?

At this time, many people had already seen Shang Cheng, stabbed his arm and dragged his robe to give his companion a look, and the chaotic scene quieted down in a moment, only Fan Quan put one hand on the back of the chair and the other hung down to the side, sitting on the seat with his legs crossed and pulling his legs diagonally, and his back to Shang Chengwu said to himself: "...... A few days ago, I went to Duanzhou to ask for money and grain, and as soon as General Li said, 'Wait,' I sat in the command office of the Right Army for two hours, poured a belly of tea soup, and I didn't even see a single hair of General Li. I went for three days, every day. On the fourth day, I was ruthless, and before dawn I went to command the yamen to block him, and then I bumped into someone. He spat out, "But what did General Li say?" A sentence of 'no money' sent me away. I blocked the door and didn't let him go, and he dared to shout for someone to beat me out......"

Sun Zhongshan, who was sitting next to him, was still listening happily, but at this time, he also realized that the surrounding atmosphere was wrong, turned his head suspiciously, and his expression froze, kicked Qian Laosan's seat, jumped up and stood upright and saluted, and said loudly: "Commander!" ”

Only then did a dozen stunned officers react and hurriedly saluted.

Shang Cheng returned the salute, looked around for a week, and finally looked at Fan Quan, who was standing as straight as a spear with his chest and belly folded, and said with a sneer on the corner of his mouth: "Lvshuai Fan is a long skill this time, and he knows that when you go to command the yamen to block people, when you are in the Beizheng Mountain Temple, the door is not blocked." ”

Fan Quan said aggrievedly: "Commander, it's not that you don't know, if it weren't for Li Shen's bastard who wanted his people to take credit, how could those little Khan kings of the Tuqi tribe run away?" "That's the most heartwarming thing for him. In the battle of the mountain temple, more than 2,000 people rushed out of the mouth that the Zhao army in the north did not have time to tighten, and finally fled back to the grassland through Ma Zhichuan, leaving a great regret for the final battle of the Yandong Campaign. This incident not only made him not "eat meat" in the battle of Yandong, but even the soldiers below were wronged with him...... The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but scold, "I was ...... by him" Seeing Shang Cheng's unkind expression, he didn't dare to say the second half of the swear words, and said silently, "Governor one by one, I can't stay in Duanzhou, you can help me change places......"

"You are the one who dares to kick the yamen of the command of the right army, where else can I change you? I'm afraid you'll kick me in the door! ”

Fan Quan was still joking with Shang Cheng, squinted his eyes and grinned: "Commander Mingjian!" How can the Yamen of the Right Army be compared with you here? He salivated and took a few steps forward to hold Shang Cheng's arm, and carefully supported him towards the courtyard, "How can that guy Li Shen compare to you?" If you can't beat it, and you can't carry it, you know that you can stab people in the back and throw money to buy people......"

Shang Cheng glanced at him, and was about to get angry, but Fan Quan had already shouted at Qian Laosan: "Old Qian, quickly move a chair for the governor!" Sufferers of sissy plague, you bastards know how to giggle! Didn't you see that the boss of the governor just returned to the office? Hurry up and get on the hot towel and let the Governor wipe his face! Tea soup! Hurry up and serve the tea soup! One head said, and the other respectfully helped Shang Cheng to sit down, grabbed the tea soup brought by others and held it to Shang Cheng with both hands, "Adults drink saliva first to moisten ...... throat."

"Get out!" Shang Cheng took the teacup, raised his leg and kicked it over, and when he saw Fan Quan flashing around, he immediately grinned and rubbed his buttocks, laughed angrily, and scolded, "Who did you learn from such a scoundrel?" The bigger the official, the more frivolous his personality becomes? You're a reader, ......."

"Who said that? How could I be light? Staying in such a ghost place every day, eating brown rice and drinking vegetable soup every day, it has only been a few days, and the two sets of officer armor that were issued just a few years ago are tight! ”

Shang Cheng ignored him, greeted a group of old subordinates one by one, watched the sky gradually darken, and said to everyone: "Look at today's posture, you won't stop if you don't eat and drink here with me." Everyone laughed. He then instructed Shi Shi to go to the big room to make some good tables for him, and said, "I have enough food here, and I can't drink more wine. ”

After eating a meal, the drum had been beaten twice, and when the people were sent away, Sun Zhongshan pulled at the end, looked at the opportunity and asked: "Commander, I don't know if I should ask if I should ask something...... Why didn't you leave Wen Zhaoyuan behind? ”

"Wen Mu?" Shang Cheng glanced at Sun Zhongshan in surprise, his expression also dimmed, and he was silent for a long time before saying, "You are not in Yanzhou, and you don't know many things, and there is no news after Zhaoyuan is in Luhe." I asked someone to help me check a few times a few years ago, and his name was not in any of the barracks, and he probably ......" He didn't finish his words, but just sighed faintly.

Sun Zhongshan tightened his lips and said no more......