Song Mo picked up the tea on the table, took a few sips, and said expressionlessly: "Eleventh brother, have you told the eldest brother about this?" ”

"No," Song Qi said in a flat tone, "I have been thinking about this matter for a long time, and I must not tell my eldest brother so early, even if this matter is ventilated to him and can ease the relationship between us, I still can't do this." ”

"Why?"

"Alas, I have been by his side all these years and know the character of the eldest brother. He is now at a disadvantage, and he can't wait for Song Lin to make some mistakes so that he can get a game back. Song Qi sighed slightly, "If he knew about Song Lin's incident tonight, he would definitely convene the central abdomen overnight to discuss countermeasures." ”

Song Mo smiled when he heard this: "Isn't it very good? It also saves the two of us from secretly struggling to come up with ideas. ”

Song Qi shook his head and said: "Fifth brother, you really don't know the eldest brother too well, with his character, he will never collect evidence and try his best to stop Song Lin like us, but want to capture the old man." ”

"Want to get away with it? What do you mean by that? ”

Song Mo was confused when he heard it, Song Lin may have committed a major crime of rebellion, how to arrest him? How? I really can't figure out the reason.

"It's very simple, conniving at Song Lin to continue to meet with the anti-thief, it is best to agree to the anti-thief's proposal and raise an army to rebel. As long as there is an abnormal movement, such as Song Lin leading the troops to attack the imperial city or something, he will immediately lead a large army to counterattack, and he can eliminate the traitors in front of his father, and completely suppress Song Lin and Liang Xiang's party. ”

When Song Qi said these words, his voice was always low, obviously he didn't want to see such a thing happen.

"Absolutely not!" Song Mo flicked his sleeves indignantly, "Isn't this clearly deliberately ignoring the people?" Together, the eastern capital will inevitably bear the brunt of the impact, and it will be devastated, how many innocent people will die in this internal struggle, and the army of the imperial capital will also suffer meaningless attrition, as the prince, the future lord of the world, how can he not hesitate to do so for his own status! ”

"That's why I didn't tell my big brother." Song Qi said in a light and authentic tone.

Song Mo stretched out his hands, patted Song Qi's shoulder and said: "Good brother, thank you for being so deeply righteous, and thank you for trusting me, you can rest assured, I will definitely carry out this matter in accordance with the method we negotiated, and I will never let the thief succeed!" ”

Song Qi solemnly crossed his hands and said, "Please, fifth brother!" ”

Zhongzhou Yancheng suburbs Zhongzhou military training school at the end of the city

The Zhongzhou Army, one of the Kyushu armies of the Chu State, as the name suggests, is a large army dedicated to defending Zhongzhou, with a total of about 300,000 people. Of course, it is impossible for so many people to be stationed in Yancheng, but distributed in various counties and counties in Zhongzhou, with at least a thousand people in each region, who have established garrisons in their localities, cultivated military fields, and are self-sufficient, practicing martial arts.

Under the edict of the current Chu Emperor, even in the period of peace, the armies of the states are not allowed to slack off, taking the three prefectures of Yong, Liang and Youzhou as an example to remain vigilant and prevent unpredictable risks.

As the head of a state, Zhongzhou Mansion has the most natural garrisons, just in Yancheng City, there are 20,000 defenders, and there are 50,000 people in the school field on the outskirts of the city, which is more than the Tiger Ben Army, the Twelve Guards and other imperial armies in the Eastern Capital.

The original patrol battalion was specially designed in this school field to train the army as instructors.

In addition to the basic land such as open training grounds, weapons depots, and horse farms, there are also dense tent camps all over the mountains, almost covering a mountain, after all, there are more than 60,000 people to live in, and such a huge population can fill one or two county seats.

The army's training had ended well before nightfall, and the sergeants had returned to their tents to rest in preparation for the two most physically demanding trainings of the to-day morning, hiking in the mountains and fighting with their bare hands. Only the night patrol team on duty, who was still walking back and forth between the barracks, and the soldiers on duty at the lookout and the camp gates, standing like a pine tree with spears in their hands.

Boundless night, in the vast wilderness, only the starry moonlight hanging high in the sky, and the lights and flames in the city and military camps, giving a glimmer of light between heaven and earth.

At this time, the soldiers guarding the gate of the barracks suddenly saw a carriage moving quickly from the darkness towards the camp, which made the four soldiers on both sides of the gate who were originally sleepy and excited.

The night was dark, even if there was a small lantern hanging in front of the curtain of the carriage, it was impossible to distinguish the complete outline of the body, and after a while, when the carriage was near, it was clear by the bright fire of the camp that it was a carriage made of fir wood, on which there was a picture of the flying clouds and cranes carved by the famous hand, and dyed with good red paint, and even the roof was made of the best leather in the Western Regions.

"Stop!"

The soldier on the left took two steps forward and stretched out his hand to signal the other to stop, and the groom immediately reined in his horse.

The soldier shouted loudly: "This is the Zhongzhou Army barracks, and outsiders are not allowed to trespass!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a middle-aged man in a purple official uniform poked his head out, and said with a smile on his face: "I am Yin Tang Qingquan, the governor of Zhongzhou, and I have important matters to be told to the Tang Dynasty." ”

"It turned out to be Lord Fu Yin! Meet you! ”

When the soldier saw that the person who came was actually the governor of Zhongzhou, he hurriedly saluted, and when the other three soldiers heard it, they also knelt down together.

Tang Qingquan said: "Okay, okay, no need to be polite, open the door quickly, I want to see the commander." ”

"Yes!"

The soldier got up and pushed open the door with the other brothers guarding the door, Tang Qingquan retracted into the car, the groom shouted again, Hu Ma hissed, and drove towards the barracks, until the manger on the left side did not stop "calling", Tang Qingquan lifted the curtain again and got out of the car, at the same time, there were two young men who came out of the car after him, one with a full face and a square face, they were all dressed in velvet clothes, expressionless, accompanied by Tang Qingquan on the left and right, but there was no respect, but Tang Qingquan in the center was pale, His hands shook slightly, as if two jailers were escorting a prisoner. The three of them strode in the direction of the Chinese military tent.

Although it is almost late at night, Tang Qingquan knows that Tang Tianpei, the commander of the patrol battalion, has rarely returned to his barracks to rest since he entered the camp, because Rong Di in the north has been harassing the passes in Youzhou in recent years, and the Xiliang people in the Western Regions are also attacking the border of Liangzhou, so Tang Tianpei has been soaking in the Chinese military tent all day long to see the sand table of Youzhou and Liangzhou, analyze the battle situation, and learn the tactics of border defense.

"Commander Tang!"

Tang Qingquan opened the door of the Chinese army's tent, smiled and shouted, sure enough, Tang Tianpei was in the camp tent, he was holding the edge of the sand table with both hands, and was looking at the battle situation in Liangzhou with a frown, when he heard someone calling him, he raised his head, and when he saw that the person was Qingquan, he said with a smile on his face: "Lord Tang!" How did you get here? ”

Tang Tianpei was only in his early thirties, burly, with a good appearance, wearing a red robe and gold armor, a golden crown on his head, a copper belt around his waist, and a sword hanging, majestic and majestic, like a tiger and leopard, exuding an inviolable majesty on his body, he slowly got up and greeted Tang Qingquan.

When the men on the left and right of Qingquan saw him, they couldn't help frowning, and took two steps back, as if they were afraid.

Before Tang Tianpei became the commander of the patrol battalion, he could be a battalion general outside Youzhou, he had been on the battlefield for a long time, and he had a lot of experience after entering Beijing, where could the little actions of the two men hide from his eyes, he glanced at it, his expression was slightly sluggish, and then he looked at Tang Qingquan again, and said: "Lord Tang, come to me so late, but what do you have to tell me?" ”

Qingquan said with a smile: "Commander Tang is really an unpredictable prophet, and he does have something important to say, and it is His Majesty's command to mobilize the patrol camp. ”

"Oracle?"

Tang Tianpei was suspicious, because all along, if Emperor Chu had any order to issue a patrol battalion, it was always announced with a holy decree, and there was never any verbal edict, because the transfer of the patrol battalion was a major military affair, and there must be a decree to follow. If you leave your original station without credentials, once you are found out by the military department, you will be guilty of leaving your post without authorization, and you will be stripped of your official status and sent to prison.

What's more, why does it have to come late at night to pronounce the oracle? What is the urgency of the appointment?

All kinds of questions lingered in Tang Tianpei's heart, he felt that this oracle was not so simple, and he didn't dare to take it at will, he looked at Tang Qingquan left and right, and immediately changed the topic and asked: "Lord Tang, these two don't seem to have seen them in your mansion, they are your newly recruited guards?" ”

Tang Qingquan was asked by him, his face was nervous, and he said hesitantly: "Ah······ Oh, they, they are, my new guards. ”

Tang Tianpei immediately sensed that something was wrong, and his nerves tensed, but he didn't show it, but nodded pretending to know.

The bearded man on the left felt that something was wrong, so he quietly stretched out his finger and poked Tang Qingquan's back, Qingquan was so frightened that he trembled, and at the same time, he took out the gold seal from his sleeve, raised it above his head, and said in a trembling voice: "Tang Tianpei, the commander of the patrol battalion, listens to the order." ”

Seeing Yin Ru seeing the holy face, even if Tang Tianpei had all doubts in his heart, he didn't dare to resist in person, and immediately knelt down and crossed his hands and said, "Minister Tang Tianpei asked the holy bow?" ”

"I'm there. Now I heard that there are thieves in Zhaoyunfeng Mountain in Qi County, Yanzhou, robbing the people, there are many thieves, and the martial arts are high, the local officials and soldiers are difficult to exterminate, Su Zhiqing is excellent in martial arts, so Qing led the patrol battalion to help the local army in Qi County to exterminate the bandits, there must be no mistake, Qin this. ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

After Tang Tianpei bowed again, Tang Qingquan reached out and grabbed his arm and said, "Get up quickly, Grand Commander." ”

Tianpei got up and raised his head, just in time to touch Qingquan's gaze, only to see Tang Qingquan's eyes quickly turn back and forth to the left and right, and at the same time shook his head in a slight way that it was difficult for ordinary people to catch.

The corners of Tianpei's mouth were slightly upturned, and he already understood.