Zhao Tengjiao died of too many words, and when a feather arrow sank into his chest, the story about him had already ended before his death.

The girl surnamed Zhang didn't have time to ask for help, but Wang Xingping still made a move, and there are really not many opportunities to give his subordinates to practice their hands along the way.

At the last moment of Zhao Tengjiao's life, he still couldn't figure it out, in previous years, even if he was a master who went to Beijing to take the exam, he could still do it, but the white young man in front of him looked like he was just a scholar, and he was still wearing the clothes of a student, why did he act so ruthlessly? Then his consciousness slowly blurred.

In the end, the results of the battle were counted, and in addition to those who escaped, seven or eight corpses of bandits and two living mouths were left at the scene. Seven or eight of the most elite soldiers of the Yelang battalion who followed Wang Xingping north were obviously much stronger after receiving special training from Long Dengyun for several months, and several of them were originally mountain people around Guiyang before they were selected into the camp, and they had a natural sensitivity to hunting, and ambushing a dozen or so bandits without armor was simply handy.

After all, the bandits of this era are not professional robbers, many of them are just part-time jobs, although they will not blink when they kill people, but when faced with a sudden ambush, they will choose to flee first.

In the panic that the travelers have not yet recovered, Wang Xingping quickly stepped forward to help Zhang Yan who was still in panic, this little girl has been walking all the way since she met when she passed through Kaifeng, he did have a good impression of this girl who acted independently and acted quite openly, but he didn't expect that it was just a lazy sleep to give birth to such an incident in this place that was almost at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

Wang Xingping simply comforted a few words, and asked people to rescue the girl's younger brother, explaining: "I was originally a military attache of Guiyang Wei, not deliberately concealing it, but I didn't want to cause trouble along the way, and I hope Miss Zhang will not blame." ”

Where would the girl be strange, walking along the way, she had already had a little good impression of this brother of the Wang family, who was two or three years older than him, and lost her mother since she was a child, and her eldest sister at home took care of the housework like a mother, raising her younger brothers and sisters. But although her siblings are close to her, after all, she is just a little girl herself, and her father is busy with the family's livelihood. It's rare to meet a brother like Wang Xingping, who takes good care of himself and his family along the way, and even his younger brothers and sisters like him very much.

Today's events are even more of a blow to this feeling, the girl straightened the already ragged dress, got up and blessed, "Son's great grace, Baozhu and his family are grateful in his heart, and he will repay it in the future." ”

"Why bother, now I have to ask the girl to report." The girl was stunned when she heard this, and then she heard Wang Xingping smile and continue to say to the girl's father, "Uncle Zhang, now that you have all seen the matter of Fang Cai, I hope you can come forward and let the township party go with me to the front of Xiongxian to report to the official, so that you can have a witness." ”

Although it is said to have the grace of saving lives, if those travelers on weekdays are also unwilling to cause lawsuits, the front foot can be saved and the back foot can run away. But now looking at Wang Xingping's subordinates, who are even more fierce than the bandits just now, and the corpses all over the ground can't be shirked. What's more, Zhang's father still has a little thin face among the fellow villagers, so it is naturally not difficult to agree, so everyone changed their luggage to mules and horses under the guidance of Zhang's father, and put the thief's corpse on the accompanying cart, and only two of them were tied up alive and sent to the official together.

Wang Xingping naturally knows that most of the bandits here have local big families as the owners of the nest, and the relationship is intertwined. But after all, this place is not their own territory, more things are better than less things, and reporting to the official is a credit to their own family.

An episode on the way north passed quickly, except for a two-day delay, training a few subordinates and brushing a wave of goodwill in front of the girl, Yu Wang Xingping did not give birth to anything else.

The group traveled in a roundabout way, and finally arrived in Beijing on the twelfth day of the seventh lunar month.

Looking at the city wall of Beijing, Wang Xingping inevitably felt some emotion in his heart, and now he was looking for some food outside the city to fill his stomach, and then he took his subordinates to his uncle's mansion.

The Zhang family is to visit relatives in Beijing, the Zhang family advocates that the country is a native of Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture, and is also a scholar, although the family is still passable, but after being widowed, he is alone, fortunately, the eldest daughter helps to manage the family, and this family is more like a family. He has a heart to engage in business, and he heard that there have been a lot of new goods in Beijing recently, so he wants to come and take a look, and it just so happens that there are relatives in Beijing to celebrate their birthdays, so the whole family simply followed.

Baozhu is the nickname of Zhang Guoji's eldest daughter, at this moment she is talking to her younger siblings, and the younger brother of the Zhang family has woken up and regained his former temperament after being treated by Wang Xingping.

The girl looked like a loving mother and scolded her younger brother: "Brother Yun, don't be like Meng Lang in the future, if it weren't for Wang Gongzi's rescue this time, you would have almost lost your life." ”

"Hey, the eldest sister is okay to talk about me, Sanniang said that you didn't protect me desperately at that time?" The younger brother said coquettishly.

The girl scolded, "You have no conscience, do you have such a number of eldest sisters as you?" ”

Her younger brother suddenly held back a smile and said seriously, "That son of the Wang family is a good person, and he is also a good match for his sister, but it's a pity that I was dizzy and couldn't help my sister mention it." ”

Baozhu was stunned for a moment, and then his face was hot and red.

"—see if I don't tear your mouth apart!"

…………

Wang Xingping sneezed for no reason.

A man beside him turned his head and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Isn't it being nagged behind the back by Little Lady Zhang?" ”

"Brother Juming, don't laugh."

The young man who gathered the word Juming was twenty-four or five years old, and he also met Wang Xingping on the way to Henan, and unlike the scholars of the Zhang family, this Niu Xiucai was quite knowledgeable, and he loved all kinds of miscellaneous studies, and he was also quite involved in Tiangong, Fengjiao and other techniques, and Wang Xingping said that he was very deed all the way. Wang Xingping also felt that this person was eclectic and talented, and planned to recruit him under his command, because he did not hide that he was about to go to Jingshi Guozijian to study. Niu Xiucai was going to visit relatives in Shandong this time, and his father Niu Yao is now doing Ji Shan in King Lu's Mansion, and he actually had a relationship with Wang Xingping in King Lu's Mansion at the beginning, so the two became more acquainted.

This Niu Xiucai simply didn't go to Shandong first, and simply changed his itinerary to travel to Beijing with Wang Xingping, so that he could follow him all the time. He was also by Wang Xingping's side when he killed the gang of thieves two days ago, and when he saw those 'companions' methods, he naturally became a little closer to this young man.

Although Wang Xingping's words were so, he did have some feelings for this girl in his heart, but he thought that maybe he didn't bring Wei Qilan out this time.

He still remembers that when he came to the capital and separated, he secretly asked the name of the girl, a word 'Yan', 'the sun is slanting and the willows are dark', which is worthy of being a woman who has read a book, and the red clouds flying on Zhang Yan's cheeks at that time are good-looking.

Wang Xingping chuckled twice from time to time, and went to his uncle's house while looking at the scenery in the capital.

When he saw Wang Zunde in the evening, he naturally had a lot to say, Wang Zunde was very pleased to hear that his nephew had done in the year since he returned to Guizhou, and he was also very happy that the Wang family in Guiyang could prosper.

After eating, the two went to the study to drink tea and talk.

The nephew looked at his uncle's high-arched cheekbones and sighed, "Uncle has cleared again." ”

The old family of the palace complained while pouring tea, "The old man has been living a dull life, and these days for Wang Niangniang's funeral, he is a vegetarian all over the court, where can he not be reduced." ”

Wang Xingping then remembered that when he entered the city gate, he didn't see many jugglers in the urn city, and there were not many restaurants in the city, which turned out to be the reason.

On the sixth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, when today's Zhenggong Empress Wang Xi died, now the country is eventful, and the emperor is still sick, Zhou Jiamo, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, took a cadre of craftsmen and Taoists to place the Shou Palace for the Empress Daxing, and tossed it to be buried not long ago. But the Empress Daxing has not yet been canonized, and the matter is not complete, and the Manchu civil and military forces will continue to mourn. Although the people do not have so many rules, but the officials in Beijing were originally the main force of entertainment consumption, so the business in the city is naturally plummeting, Liaodong's military newspapers and the depression in the market, it is no wonder that as soon as you enter the city gate, you can feel the depression of the Beijing Division, fortunately, tomorrow is the canonization and sacrifice of the Empress Daxing, and then everything can return to normal.

"My nephew heard that it was difficult for the Son of Heaven to get out of bed in March?" Wang Xingping took advantage of the topic to turn the question, where did he hear that at least three intelligence sources conclusively pointed out that the emperor was terminally ill.

Wang Zunde hesitated for a moment and said: "There are indeed such rumors, the emperor summoned Fang Ge Lao in April, but the holy bow is not peaceful, plus Wang Niangniang's matter, it is inevitable to worry and hurt his body, this is also a matter of no way." ”

"I'm afraid that the military report in Liaodong is also a reason, right?"

The pain of the body is still blocked by all kinds of bad news every day, and there are a group of scholars outside who only know how to talk about their own mistakes, and no one will have a good mood.

Wang Zunde took a sip of tea and sighed, "The situation in Shenyang is in crisis, there are many soldiers and horses in Liaodong, and the guest troops who aid Liao are also perfunctory. ”

"This nephew has heard that on the way here, he has also traveled with the stone and earth soldiers who came to aid Liao, and the morale of the white pole soldiers is quite high."

"Do you know about Peng Xiangqian's rebellion in Zhuozhou?"

"The Huguang Tubing is going before us, but on the way to Beijing, I heard Mrs. Qin from Shi Yan mention this matter, Yongbao Tusi is not strictly restrained, and Peng Xiangqian is sick, this is indeed an unpredictable thing." The Baojing Propaganda Department sent a total of 5,000 Liao troops this time, and when Peng Xiangqian arrived in Zhuozhou, he couldn't afford to fall ill, and 3,000 soldiers fled overnight. The Yongshun Xuanwei Division, who was in the same vein as him, was not much better, and the 3,000 people of Peng Yuanjin's department, who were recruited a year ago, took half a year to reach the north, and the final arrival of less than 700 soldiers was less.

Wang Zunde said again: "Speaking of which, this Qin clan is a person who knows how to advance and retreat, and his words are also beautiful. ”

Lack of money and food, Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers also encountered it, after all, the new three-grade clothes given by the imperial court are not worth eating, but the words of the people are beautiful. 'The soldiers have traveled thousands of miles, if it is not for the decay of the equipment, how dare they chatter and plead, if they are allowed to continue to be transferred, they must first award rewards and settle down, and the hearts of the people behind them will be united with the spirit of the front army. ’

However, for Wang Xingping, there are more than 3,000 white-pole soldiers, each of whom only gets four taels of silver, and more than 10,000 taels of silver in exchange for this strong army to go to Liaodong to work hard for the Ming Dynasty, which is really a lucrative business. Wang Xingping had the heart to make friends with Qin Liangyu, and his words were naturally good, "Shi Yanbing is indeed a rare elite in the southwest. ”

Wang Xingping didn't talk nonsense in this way, those veteran soldiers who had been in battle for a long time had all seen blood, and their morale was also high, if they really wanted to directly let the army in his hands face each other, it could not be said that they could win easily.

Wang Zunde asked about Wang Xingping's arrangement again.

"Xu Xianggong's nephew naturally wants to go to pay a visit, and he also plans to go to the new army camp in Tianjin to have a look."

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