Volume 2 Initial Involvement in Officialdom Chapter 36 Fortunately appreciated, I became a general for the first time
Jiang Lan was unexpectedly released from prison and was exonerated from all charges!
Not only himself, but even the entire Northwest was shocked. Others don't mention it, just talk about it. When he heard that the man who killed his son had been exonerated, he was furious and led his people into the palace of the general of Zhengxi. After a while, he walked out again dejectedly. The butler who followed beside him wanted to ask what was going on, but he heard him say in a deep voice, "You are not allowed to mention this matter in the future." Then he took the people home in a fit of rage.
Other black and white people are even more ignorant of the situation, and they only feel that this Jiang Lan is in a good relationship. killed the son of Yin Pinghou, but there was nothing to do.
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Jiankang City is the capital of the Great Liang Kingdom, and the common people generally call it the capital. There are countless pavilions and pavilions in the city, and there are countless jade buildings in Qionglou, and there are more carved railings and jade masonry, and Biwa Zhu Yong is extremely luxurious.
The General's Mansion is located in the north of Jiankang City, just a few streets away from the palace of the Imperial Palace.
Jiang Lan stood in the courtyard of the General's Mansion with his hands behind his back, looking at the scenery in the nearby courtyard with his eyes.
If it had been before, he would have walked around with curiosity. But after experiencing all this in the northwest, Jiang Lan seemed to be a different person. Now he has looked down on life and death, and the signature smile on his face has become less, and from time to time he will fall into an inexplicable melancholy.
At this moment, more than half a month has passed since he was released from prison. After coming out, he made a little preparation, and immediately followed Liu Yinan to Jiankang City. Along the way, Liu Yinan explained the reason for saving his life: it turned out that as soon as Jiang Lan was arrested and put in prison, Situ Bao sent an urgent letter to the Zhengxi General's Mansion, which explained Jiang Lan's contribution to the battle of Wild Wolf Slope. Ye Luxian, the general of the expedition to the west, thought that Jiang Lan was a manufacturable material, so he wrote to the general Liu Zhengyi, and it happened that Liu Zhengyi had something to send his daughter to the northwest. Hence the previous scene.
"I really didn't expect that although the old man Situ didn't treat the master very well, he would help like this if something happened......" Jiang Lan thought in his heart, and raised his eyes to see Liu Yinan coming over.
"Jiang Lan, you can go in with me to see Daddy," Liu Yinan said, "Daddy was born in a horse and has a relatively bold personality, but you still have to pay attention to some etiquette later, don't open your mouth and shut up 'Master'." ”
"Don't worry," Jiang Lan patted his chest and said, "Master will never say 'Master'!" ”
Liu Yinan gave him a blank look, but he didn't say anything, turned around and left, and Jiang Lan hurriedly followed.
In the main hall of the General's Mansion, Jiang Lan met the general of Liang State, Liu Zhengyi.
This is a middle-aged man with slightly gray temples and a strong body, which looks somewhat similar to Xiang Beichuan.
"You are Jiang Lan? In the past two days, I have listened to your name, and my ears are almost grinding out of calluses! Liu Zhengyi said proudly. Similar to what Jiang Lan guessed, the general's voice was so bold, as if water was poured into a big urn, and the sound of the urn was angry.
"Sinner Jiang Lan, I've seen the general." Jiang Lan knelt down on one knee and saluted.
"Ah, who are you sinful? From now on, you will be a general under my command, and you will call yourself the last general. Liu Zhengyi waved his hand, signaling him to be polite, and then looked up and down at the young man in front of him, "Well, yes, it's a talent!" I've heard that you're good at swordsmanship and archery, can you show your hands? ”
"This ......" Jiang Lan didn't know how to answer, he turned his head to look at Liu Yinan on the side.
"Daddy wants to see if your skills are as good as the legend, so you can show it a little."
"The last will be ordered!"
"Hahaha, okay. Let's go to the martial arts arena in the backyard together! Liu Zhengyi laughed, and then walked out the door. Jiang Lan and Liu Yinan also walked out after him.
The three of them came to the backyard, where there was a large-scale martial arts arena. On the ground in the middle of the arena, a huge cotton carpet was spread. Surrounded by wooden figures and weapon racks for practice, on which there are eighteen kinds of blades.
"The last general is ugly." Jiang Lan bowed to Liu Zhengyi, and then came straight to the front of a weapon rack. He raised his hand and picked up a long knife, which was not as good as his slashing sword, but it was not bad.
I saw him holding the knife in one hand, holding the knife horizontally in front of his chest, and then swinging it quickly in front of him. With just one move, he put the long knife back again.
"It's ugly." Jiang Lan arched his hand.
"Hey! What are you? Could it be that he is slaying ghosts? Liu Yinan asked with some dissatisfaction.
"Nan'er," Liu Zhengyi stopped his daughter's complaint, but saw his face full of surprise, "You take a closer look at the ground under his feet." ”
"Foot?" Liu Yinan looked at it with some puzzlement, and saw a few small black dots at Jiang Lan's feet. Her eyesight was not as good as Liu Zhengyi's, so she walked over. It wasn't until she got closer that she could see what the black dot was.
"You ......" her apricot lips opened slightly, her face full of disbelief, "your knife actually decapitated the butterfly!" ”
For those who are fast in knife skills, it is not difficult to kill a flying insect with one knife, but if you can accurately move a knife on a flying insect, I am afraid that there are few people in the world who can do this.
"Makes the two of you laugh." Jiang Lan said humbly, then turned around and picked up a carved bow from the weapon rack, and went down with an arrow from above.
In the distance, on the trees, there were spring birds chirping. Jiang Lan didn't hesitate for a moment, he took the bow and opened the string, and it was directly an arrow.
"Boom—" The sharp sound of breaking through the air hissed, the arrow too fast to see. Then the leaves moved, and then several birds scattered, but the arrow was gone.
Seeing Liu Zhengyi's father and daughter's puzzled looks, Jiang Lan explained: "Shooting birds and geese is not a skill, master...... Well, I just shot a bug in the mouth of a bird. He was a little carried away, but fortunately, Liu Yinan on the side waited for him to take a look, and then he woke up in time to change his words.
"Haha, good skills, I opened my eyes today." Liu Zhengyi exclaimed, and I don't know if he believed Jiang Lan's explanation. Suddenly, his color changed, and he said, "Jiang Lan listens to the seal!" ”
Jiang Lan was stunned when he heard this, and then immediately reacted. He hurriedly knelt down on one knee and arched his hand: "The last general." ”
"This general named you the captain of Dangkou, commanding a battalion of soldiers and horses, and all the military forces of Xiangyang County." In the Great Liang State, the general had the power to directly appoint and dismiss military generals, and did not need the approval of the officials.
"The last general will take the order! General Xie appreciated. ”
Finally! My childhood dream finally came true on this day! Father-in-law, Master, and Xun'er...... I want to share this joy with you now.
"Hmm." Liu Zhengyi stroked his beard, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "The boy is nine feet old, and he should serve his family and country." Jiang Lan, in the future, you should be strict and guarded, Kuang Jun and the country, and you must not be ashamed of the big beam. After all, Liu Zhengyi is a general of a country, although he looks reckless, he can also say such official and crepe words.
"The last general remembers, and he will live up to the cultivation of the general!"
One, what we are talking about is not to live up to the country. One, the answer is not to live up to the person. What will happen in the future is destined to be not something that can be explained in a few words......
That night, Liu Zhengyi set up a dinner party to entertain Jiang Lan. There was nothing to do overnight, and early the next morning, Jiang Lan was called out of the general's mansion by Liu Yinan, saying that he was going to take him to several yamen to go through some procedures. Because of the relationship between the General's Mansion and Liu Yinan personally followed, Jiang Lan's procedures were very simple. Just went to a few yamen to say hello, and the officials of the yamen did it in a hurry, and they didn't even have to do anything himself......
In the morning, the two walked down the street.
"Young master, where are we going now?"
"Where to go? I haven't thought about it yet," Liu Yinan said, "By the way, don't call me a young master, I get tired of hearing that group of guards call me like that every day...... You are still the same as before, just call me Liu Yinan. ”
"How dare the last general ......"
"Oh, this is not the General's Mansion, we don't need so many courtesies."
"Harm! You said it earlier! The master has been pretending to be a serious person for the past two days, and he is about to fucking suffocate to death. ”
"That's right!" Liu Yinan smiled with satisfaction, "Hey, you see there's a gambling house over there, let's go over and play two!" ”
"Uh...... This is not good, the master just won your father's appreciation yesterday, and he will bring you to this gambling house today...... If you want him to know, don't you kill the master? ”
"Oh, you can rest assured! If you don't say it, I don't say it, how will he know that we have been here! ”
"This," Jiang Lan was still hesitating, but saw Liu Yinan like a little rabbit, jumping into the gambling house. Jiang Lan had no choice but to follow in.
If you say that the most mixed place in the capital, it has to be this gambling house. There are all kinds of characters here, from high-ranking officials and nobles to porters and beggars, many gambling bugs will be addicted here.
Jiang Lan entered the gambling hall and saw that Liu Yinan was already standing next to a table, looking at the gambling game on the table with interest on his face.
"Come on, this is interesting!" Liu Yinan saw Jiang Lan coming in and beckoned to him.
When Jiang Lan approached, he saw a few people playing dice on the table.
"Will you play this?" Liu Yinan asked by pulling Jiang Lan's arm.
saw Jiang Lan shake his head: "The master has heard of it before, but this is the first time I have seen this thing." ”
"Heh, you look indecent, but why don't you even know this?"
"So, you've played?"
Liu Yinan gave him a blank look: "How could I have played...... You're stupid! If you don't know how to play, you can watch it, and you can learn it by watching it? What a ......."
Jiang Lan shook his head helplessly, he didn't expect that this Liu Yinan seemed to be well-read before, just like a famous family, but he didn't expect his temperament to be so wild - she was clearly a wild girl!
"Do you have any money with you?" Liu Yinan stared intently at the gambling game on the table, and asked without looking back.
"Brought it...... You wouldn't really want to play this, would you? ”
"Harm! I'm in, if you don't play with him, how can you be worthy of yourself. Quick, take out all the money, and I'll pay you back when I get home. ”
Jiang Lan reluctantly took out the money bag from his arms, he was either distressed about the money, or he was afraid that if Liu Zhengyi knew about it, he would not be able to eat and walk around.
"Oops, why are you so stingy, you will be indispensable if you win!" Liu Yinan snatched the money bag, then took out an ingot of ten taels of silver from it and threw it on the table.
Silver taels are generally used by high-ranking officials and nobles, and ordinary people rarely see broken silver, let alone the whole ingot of official silver!
As soon as the gamblers at the table saw this, they instantly fell silent. They looked at Liu Yinan repeatedly, and saw that the other party was dressed luxuriously, but it was a little girl in men's clothes.
"This young lady, but you want to play a game?" At the gaming table, a middle-aged man asked, apparently the dealer of the table.
"Play! Why don't you play here! ”