Chapter 0073 - On the banks of the Luoshui River
The temper of the eldest young master of the Tang family is really unpredictable, in order to prove that he is not a bad breed, he even disguised himself as an ordinary cavalry captain, led ten subordinates, and rushed across the Yellow River.
It has successively experienced the river crossing station, the Dizhou battle, the second Bohai Sea battle and the pursuit battle of the Maji River.
He fought all the battlefields he could get, one by one, and he didn't even fall once.
But he also paid a lot of price for this, two masters were killed, one was disabled, and three were injured, and at this time there were only four masters left around him, and each of them was still colored.
In the last battle, due to the speed of his horse, he was the first to catch up with the enemy and fight with his life, but he was surrounded by the enemy army once, and almost took his life into it.
Fortunately, the servants arrived in time to rescue him, and then Dian Han found out that this extremely brave guy turned out to be the eldest young master Tang Qing.
At that time, Dian Han was scared into a cold sweat, as the captain of the first brigade, he actually knew that the eldest young master was hiding in his team, and he almost let the eldest young master die on the battlefield in Dizhou, if that was the case, his crime would be great.
"Young Master, what are you doing here?"
"Hey, Dianhan, you don't have to take care of me." Tang Qing's armor was cut with three white marks, and he asked his subordinates to take it for repair, twisted his neck, and said, "How do you see how I have behaved these times?" ”
Dian Han said embarrassedly: "The eldest young master has performed very well. If it weren't for the fact that I found out that it was the eldest young master, I would have planned to promote you. ”
"Really?" Tang Qing looked very happy, and his vanity was greatly satisfied, "In this way, you continue to help me hide it." Looking back at the normal promotion, in the end, I want to see what kind of expression Qi Qi had when he knew who I was. Hahahaha! ”
Tang Qing's pseudonym Tang Dudu, "Dudu" turned out to be Qi Qi's nickname when he was a child. As a result, what Tang Qing didn't expect was that Tang Xi had already exposed his whereabouts at this time.
Just when Tang Qing and Dian Han were saying this, Tang Xi happened to be at the door, and he was stunned, didn't speak, turned his head and ran out.
Tang Qing was puzzled and shouted, "I said Uncle Tang Xi, where are you going?" ”
"Virtuous nephew, you wait first, and I'll talk back to you!" Tang Xizhao is not a few years older than Tang Qing, they are all cousins of the Tang family, and they are very familiar with each other.
Tang Xi doesn't have any skills, and this time he came just to mix up military merits. Although he is older, the concubine born by the maid can't hold the frame of the little cousin in front of the eldest son and grandson, but seems to be a head shorter than Tang Qing.
Of course, this is directly related to Tang Qing's strong character, except for his grandfather and grandmother, the fifth uncle and the seventh uncle, this kid is not in the eyes of others.
At this time, Tang Yuan stayed in the blacksmith shop, watching Blacksmith Wang repair his armor, and Hu Lanhua was worried that others would add stoppers, so he never left. Tang Xi ran back out of breath, closed the door of the house, and suddenly said, "Hu Lanhua, Tang Yuan, come with me." ”
Tang Xi is mysterious.
Tang Yuan and Hu Lanhua glanced at each other, and for some reason, they followed to the hut inside.
As soon as he walked in, Tang Xi lowered his voice and said, "What I said to you just now, you didn't spread it out, did you?" ”
"Nope." Tang Yuan replied quickly.
Tang Xi's nervous expression immediately eased a lot: "That's good, that's good." ”
Hu Lanhua hugged her shoulders, stared at Tang Xi and said, "What do you mean, why are you making a mystery?" ”
Then Tang Xi told Tang Yuan and Hu Lanhua what he heard, and he said: You can't spread it, the temper of the eldest young master of the Tang family is not blown, if anyone spoils his good deeds, he will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.
Tang Yuan was guilty in his heart and said, "When you spoke just now, there were not just the two of us in the room, right?" ”
"Who else was in the house at the time?" Tang Xi was taken aback.
Tang Yuan rubbed his chin and said, "At least the king blacksmith is in the house, and there are your guards, and a few people passing by, I don't know if they heard it." ”
Tang Xi's face was frightened: "I didn't have a lot of voice at that time, right?" ”
Tang Yuan tried to recall: "At that time, the house was very noisy, and the blacksmith's hammer was clanging, so I guess it wouldn't be able to spread too far." At least no one outside the house could hear it. Oh, General Tang Xi, you have a loud voice and full of energy, I guess almost everyone in the room heard it. ”
Tang Xi was immediately discouraged, and sat down in a broken chair with his head drooped.
Hu Lanhua knew that Tang Yuan was doing evil, so she turned her head and snickered secretly.
Later, Tang Xidu found someone and how he sealed his mouth, Tang Yuan didn't know very well, he just said to Hu Lanhua that this matter must be told to General Zhonglang as soon as possible. Hu Lanhua was very obedient, returned to Tang Qi's house, and quickly told Tang Qi the news.
Tang Qi's eyes widened.
"And that kind of thing?"
"It's noodles, it's Tang Xi who said it himself."
Tang Qi gritted his teeth in anger.
Hu Lanhua looked a little embarrassed and said, "It turns out that the general is also a girl..."
"He told you everything?"
"Yes," Hu Lanhua took out a silver ingot from her sleeve and put it on the table, "He also gave me five taels of silver, saying that it was hush money." ”
Tang Qi rubbed his wrist, "Tang Xi is not suitable to be the head of a group at all. Go and call him to me, and I will remove him from office. ”
Hu Lanhua was even more difficult, and said: "Now he only thinks that it is me and Tang Yuan who know, if you go to him now, he will think that we leaked secrets, and I am afraid that it will be bad for us in the future." Actually, it doesn't matter to me, anyway, I'm always by your side, he can't do anything to me, but Tang Yuan can't, maybe he will bully Tang Yuan. ”
"You're thinking too much." Tang Qi's face was a little stunned, and he urged: "You go quickly." ”
"Yes!"
As soon as Tang Xi returned to his residence, before he had taken a sip of tea, the guards came to report and said, Hu Lanhua brought a word.
"Let her in."
"She said she wouldn't come in, and it was General Tang Qi who asked you to come over."
"Tang Qi?" Tang Xi immediately felt that something was wrong. The first reaction in his mind was to quickly tell Tang Qing about this, but he was worried that Tang Qing would scold him, so he was in a dilemma, thought about it, and didn't know how he decided, so he strode out.
came to see Tang Qi with Hu Lanhua, as soon as they met, Tang Xi smiled all over his face: "Oh, clan sister, what are you looking for me?" ”
"Cousin, please be seated."
"Hehe, you're welcome, you're welcome."
Tang Qi didn't make a face at Tang Xi, just looked at this young master with a normal look.
The second uncle of the Tang family has eighteen sons, and a boy like him who was born to a maid is not much higher than that of a high-ranking subordinate. Even compared to the favored maid next to the big housekeeper and the old lady, he was even lowered.
"You have behaved very well in these battles, and when I go back to the family meeting, I will tell my father-in-law 1510."
The father-in-law is naturally the patriarch Tang Zhen, this is an internal matter of the family, but the rules seem to be no easier than in the court. Every kind of merit has a corresponding reward, and with it comes the rise of the family's status. If Tang Qi can say some good things about himself at the family meeting and record a military exploit, his status in the family and his family will not be the same as before.
"Oops, thank you cousin, thank you cousin."
"Still." Tang Qi's words changed: "You are the son of the second uncle's family, you have also seen it, the battle is very tragic and dangerous." No matter how many times, there is a possibility of defeat. Once defeated, I can't take care of you. In case there are three long and two short, how will I explain to the second uncle in the future? So I decided, what do you think of changing your position for the time being? ”
"Transfer?" Tang Xi immediately couldn't laugh.
Now he is the commander of the 4th Division, the 1st Brigade, and the 1st Regiment for the time being, with 1,000 men under normal strength. The real military power makes it easier for him to make meritorious contributions. His performance is not much better than that of other captains. I haven't heard of Tang Qi's big reward this time, why are you looking for me alone?
He rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Fool thinks, it's okay if you don't change it." Serving the family is all out of duty. ”
"You don't have to worry, even if I change your position, it won't lower your rank, and it will be like everyone else. Every time you win a big battle and someone else is promoted, you will not be left behind, and this position is relatively safe. ”
"What position?"
"Grain Overseer."
"Grain Overseer?" Tang Xi was puzzled: "It's not Chen Fu?" ”
"Hey, don't mention it. In this battle, General Chen was injured a lot, and it is estimated that he will be disabled. ”
"Where's the lieutenant general of the grain overseer?"
"I have examined that man, who has a rather frizzy personality and is not fit to be a grain governor. After many considerations, I feel that you have a stable personality and are reliable, and no one else is suitable except for you. ”
In the face of Tang Qi's praise, Tang Xi was full of doubts.
I know very well what virtues I have.
The grain supervisor is not easy to do, it is the most thankless job in the army, if there is an uneven distribution, or because the grain is not timely, or the grain and grass are robbed, the consequences are unimaginable.
It seems to belong to the logistics sequence, but in fact, it is walking on the blade, and one wrong step is gone.
Tang Xi's face was embarrassed.
At this time, Tang Qi took a dose of fierce medicine and said, "How about promoting you to a first-class captain?" ”
As soon as he heard this, Tang Xi immediately came to his senses, jumped up with a bang, and said, "Cousin carries love, and the foolish brother is there!" ”
Tang Qi smiled and said, "Okay, now you still have more than three hundred people in your hands, which is not enough, I will fill in some more people for you, and make up five hundred." From now on, everyone must leave Yangxin City immediately. Remember, no one is left behind! ”
"Yes!"
Tang Xi was suddenly promoted to lieutenant, so beautiful that he got a little carried away, and as soon as he walked out of Tang Qi's sight, he jumped happily and celebrated.
The promotion of the lieutenant to the lieutenant is a hurdle.
Many people have been stuck here for many years and have never been promoted. I suddenly became a school captain, how honorable would it be if I went home and told my father?
The mother who was born as a maid can be regarded as raising her head in the future.
But as soon as he walked back to his room, he suddenly felt a big trouble.
"Oh, this is broken..."
He was stunned for a long time, and muttered to himself, "I still have a living father in the house, what should I do with him?" ”
Tang Qi stared at me and told me that no one was allowed to stay. At that time, I was a little awkward when I heard this, it seems that Tang Qi already knew that Tang Qing was hiding here with me..."
"Who leaked the secret?"
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Luoyang, the brightly lit Luohe Street, docked on the riverbank with a row of painted boats full of red lanterns, many young sons and dignitaries, groups of people boarded the flower boat, soon after, the boatman unloaded the cable, and the flower boat slowly sailed into the river.
The flower boat is wide, through the open window, through the dense water vapor, a graceful figure emerges in the eyes of the young man on the shore.
There was indescribable sadness in the depths of the young man's eyes, and he tried his best to hide it, but anyone could see a hint from the young man's expression.
This young man was the young emperor Zhao Ce who returned to Beijing from the edict of Hezhong Dao, he was young and talented, but before he fell into the emperor's sight, he made a mistake.
He always felt sorry for the woman, and when he left the capital and went to Hezhong, he thought about sending someone to pick up the woman, but the person who came said that the woman was no longer there.
When he returned to Beijing this time, he had already worn the purple and gold crown given by the emperor, and he was no longer the poor scholar.
But he still changed into an ordinary set of clothes with a similar style and color to the clothes back then, and stood by the river and looked at Luoshui.
In a trance, he seemed to see the woman, as usual, sitting in a small boat, waiting for her guests.
"Your Excellency, you are sad again. I've been watching here for a long time, be careful of catching a cold. Tomorrow, we're going to Sangla. ”
"It's a car anyway, and it's not a day anyway, so what's the hurry." Wu Yiyin closed his eyes hard, sighed, opened his eyes and said, "Okay, let's go." Save people from seeing and gossiping. ”
"Tang Xiao, you stop for me!"
"Citron? How did you end up here? ”
In the distance, there was a woman's noise, and when she raised her eyes, it turned out to be the eldest lady of the Qian family and the seventh son of the Tang family. This pair of golden boys and girls is famous in Luoyang City. That Tang Xiao is strong in martial arts and handsome, the right-hand man of the Tang Clan's gate valve, and one of the strong contenders for the heir of the gate valve. How could a person of his status run to Luoshui to pick up flowers and grass?
And why did the eldest lady of the Qian family come here?
At this time, Wu Yiyin once again looked at the boat that painted the boat just now, and thought about the people who boarded the boat just now, all of them were dressed in extraordinary clothes, it seems that this may be a gathering of high-class people, rather than simply coming here to find a pavilion girl.
But the eldest lady of the Qian family still seemed to be very excited, and he grabbed Tang Xiao's sleeve and didn't let go.
"What are you doing here?"
"A couple of cousins invited me and set me a table for a send-off drink. They are all brothers in the family, and they can't come. ”
"People come in pairs, why don't you bring one?"
"Me?" Tang Xiao was a little embarrassed: "What kind of place is this, what can I bring, how can I have my own daughters." ”
Qian Citron squinted: "How many times have you been here?" ”
"What are you asking all this for?"
The wind blew in my ears, and the conversation between the two people was heard intermittently, and it seemed that the two beauties had made some mistakes because of some small daily things. Wu Qiu Jian was not very familiar with the two of them, and he didn't try to persuade them, so he wanted to leave with his family.
But at this time, for some reason, Qian Citron suddenly ran over, grabbed Wu Yin's sleeve and said, "If you don't agree, I will marry him tomorrow!" ”