Early in the morning of the next day, sensing that the wind and waves were not strong, Xu Changqing took more than 20 personal entourage, more than a dozen war horses, carrying the corpses and heads of Satuo, Mu Qi and others, to Pig's Trotter Island.

Today is already June 29, and it is less than a month before Ning Yuan's oath at the end of July, and Xu Changqing's whole person is as if he has been wound up, and many things must be rolled out as soon as possible.

The main reason is that Xu Changqing understands that his current way of training is wrong and does not have much practical significance, and he must make changes as soon as possible.

Especially when it comes to politics, you have to step up your stakes.

With the exploits of Mu Qi in hand, Xu Changqing no longer rashly let the sons and daughters go on the expedition, but gathered on their basic skills, which must be more rigorously practiced, not into combat power, never rash!

It was very smooth to arrive at Pig's Trotter Island, but because there were too few war horses, less than thirty, plus he had to carry the corpses, heads, and some equipment of Mu Qi's people, Xu Changqing's short journey to Ningyuan still had a lot of risks, and he had to plan carefully.

Fortunately, the war horse was carefully raised with enough horsepower last night, and several of Xu Changqing's relatives were also skilled in equestrianism, under the personal guidance of Uncle Guang, Xu Changqing and his party landed on the shore, and they swept away Ningyuan City like the wind.

Along the way, Xu Changqing and his party quickly attracted the attention of many Tartar rangers, but at this time, the fortifications around Ningyuan City were pushed outward, and these Tartar rangers had just reacted, and Xu Changqing and they had already arrived at the place.

At this time, Ningyuan City was like a failure to bake bread, and the periphery suddenly swelled in a circle, but at the same time, it was full of vitality and vitality.

In addition, many elites of the Ming army who have the heart and want to make meritorious contributions are very active at night, and the Tartar rangers do not dare to approach too much.

However, Xu Changqing's battle of nearly thirty good horses at this time instantly attracted the attention of the Ming army.

Xu Changqing and the others had just approached the sphere of influence of the Ming army and entered the safe zone, when several Ming troops surrounded and interrogated them at night.

Many of them looked at Xu Changqing's fine war horse and bloody exploits on the horse, and that kind of covetousness could hardly be concealed.

But when Xu Changqing reported his name, the Ming army suddenly subconsciously retreated.

The leader Wang Tingchen, a thousand general officers of the former Tun Guard Department, hurriedly clasped his fists and smiled: "I said which master is so brave, he came to report his merits early in the morning, and his feelings are our desperate Sanlang Xu Changqing and Xu Ye!" Master Xu, where did you come from? ”

"Hello Xu Ye!"

"Xu Ye is a good method, this is another big fish."

"Xu Ye ......"

In an instant, many of the rebellious Ming soldiers around them did not accept it at night, and they all hugged their fists to say hello to Xu Changqing, and they were all quite enthusiastic and close.

Xu Changqing didn't expect this kind of scene, but Xu Changqing quickly came back to his senses, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Has his reputation also spread among these former guards? That's a good sign.

At this time, Xu Changqing would definitely not hold it up, smiled and bowed his hand one by one, and smiled at the thousand chief officers: "This master, the little brother is from the south, but he is from the north, so you and your brothers can see each other." ”

Seeing that Xu Changqing knew the routines and knew the etiquette, the thousand chief officers couldn't help laughing, stretched out their thumbs and praised: "Xu Ye is a good means, this is the white armor of the white flag, right?" Xu Ye has made a great contribution this time. Yo, there's still a live one! Xu Ye's ability, my old Qiu can be regarded as convinced. ”

"Xu Ye is mighty!"

"Sure enough, there is no void under the fame!"

“……”

As these Ming soldiers did not accept Xu Changqing at night, they saw it more clearly, and the shock and admiration became more and more sincere.

The army is like this, you are the master if you have the ability, and if you don't have the ability, you can only be a fart.

Xu Changqing smiled and arched his hand, "Ladies and gentlemen, another day, let's find a place to have a drink and have a good chat, but now the little brother can't accompany him." ”

Dozens of horses were busy getting out of the way.

"Master Xu, have a good trip."

"Haha, I must have a drink with a hero like Xu Ye another day."

The chief officer also smiled and said, "Master Xu, brother, I will congratulate you on your promotion in advance!" ”

While waving his hand to greet these night non-collectors, Xu Changqing also stepped forward and went straight to the south gate of Ningyuan City, and his mood couldn't help but feel much better.

Although the Ming army is full of such and such bad habits, after all, they are all the blood and bones of the Ming Dynasty, especially these people who do not collect at night, just look at their figures and movements, you can know that they are all good hands.

If you have the opportunity to help them in the future, you should try your best to help them.

…

Because it was a waste of time to cross the sea from Shark Island and observe the waves, when Xu Changqing and his party arrived at the south gate of Ningyuan City, it was already the middle of the hour, and it was early at eight o'clock.

At this time, the south gate had been opened, and many figures were coming in and out.

Although Xu Changqing was low-key enough, only bringing a dozen people, the horses were really a bit too much and a little better, just like a lighthouse in the dark night, and soon attracted the attention of many people.

After another greeting, Xu Changqing reported his name, and in some eager admiration and praise, he entered Ningyuan City.

But this time, Xu Changqing didn't have that kind of luck, he was able to meet Hong Chengchou directly, and began to follow the steps step by step, and came directly to the camp of the supervision camp to report his merits.

casually threw a few taels of silver to a few guys guarding the door, and Xu Changqing and his party led the horse to Liu Lang's station.

I don't know where this guy went last night, and he hasn't gotten up yet.

Although Xu Changqing didn't have to concoct him like before this time, after hearing Xu Changqing's normal voice, Liu Lang didn't dare to lie in bed anymore, and was busy getting up.

After a simple wash, he opened the door to Xu Changqing enthusiastically, and said with a smile: "Brother Xu, I said that I heard a magpie cry early in the morning, it turned out that our Brother Xu was here." Come, please come in, I'll give you some tea to drink. ”

Of course, Xu Changqing would not let Liu Lang serve him, and said a few words with a smile, which was the purpose of the trip to Liu Lang.

Liu Lang had actually seen Xu Changqing's exploits a long time ago, after all, Mu Qi's corpses tied to the back of horses were still very conspicuous.

Especially in the early hours of the morning, the smell of blood is pungent.

After a careful investigation, Liu Lang couldn't help but give Xu Changqing a thumbs up: "Brother, there is you!" White armor with a white flag! With this, it's not difficult for you to surpass my brother. ”

Xu Changqing smiled bitterly: "Old brother, I'm just lucky, don't you know, this old grandson is a little ruthless, brother, I almost capsized the boat and broke a lot of manpower." ”

"Oh?"

Liu Lang was also interested, and hurriedly asked, "How many folds?" ”

Xu Changqing was slightly displeased, but he didn't have a seizure at this time, and said with a long sigh: "Nine died, and there are three more, I'm afraid it's ...... I can't stay up for long......"

Liu Lang originally wanted to say that there were a few people in the dead area, it was not a trivial matter, compared to this feather, it was a bird feather?

But as soon as he saw Xu Changqing's somewhat gloomy face, he suddenly came back to his senses, and said with a busy smile: "Hey, brother, how can you not die in a war?" Nothing like that. Fortunately, with this great feat, these brothers also died well, wait a minute, I will try to help them get more compensation. ”

After chatting with Liu Lang for a while, Liu Lang directly took Xu Changqing and a few people to the Ningyuan Official Hall to report their merits.

Xu Changqing also found out at this time that although Liu Lang had a lot of problems, it was not surprising that he could come to this point.

This guy, a typical old fritter.

However, Liu Lang was just about to go in to report his merits, but Xu Changqing grabbed him and said in a low voice: "Brother, this time my brother has something to trouble you." Hong Du is not here today, junior brother, I want to see Hong Du, there are some important information to report to Hong Du. ”

In normal times, this kind of process is definitely not in accordance with the rules, but Xu Changqing himself is close to Hong Chengchou, and Hong Chengchou even specially instructed Liu Lang before that if Xu Changqing came over, he must be notified.

In addition, Xu Changqing reported to Liu Lang that he didn't covet it at all, which was very in line with the unwritten rules, and Liu Lang was quite comfortable in his heart.

Hurriedly smiled: "The governor is going to invite the heads of the various ministries to dinner at noon today, and he shouldn't have gone out today, brother, who is with whom of our brothers, you wait a while, I will go and talk to the adults who have reported the merits, and I will report to you immediately." ”

Watching Liu Lang leave, Xu Changqing narrowed his eyes slightly, this time, if he sees Hong Chengchou again, he can't make so much hypocrisy, what kind of face do you want, if you can get something more from Hong Chengchou's side, Xu Changqing will definitely not be polite again.

…

Xu Changqing This is all real feats, and several civil officials who inspected the merits couldn't find fault if they wanted to, plus Xu Changqing handed over the silver again, and soon passed the test.

A few minutes later, news also came from Liu Lang's side, and Hong Chengchou called.

Xu Changqing hurriedly packed up and followed Liu Lang to Hong Chengchou's official hall.

Coming inside, Hong Chengchou was looking at the map, and the first line of Songjin was marked with several red lines, obviously, Hong Chengchou was not attentive to this place for a while.

Seeing Xu Changqing coming, Hong Chengchou's somewhat heavy old face showed a slight smile.

Liu Lang left in a witty way, Xu Changqing was just about to kowtow to Hong Chengchou, but Lao Hong smiled softly: "Okay, little ghost clever, you brought me good news early in the morning, and these vulgar gifts will be waived." Come, come and have a cup of tea with me. ”

As soon as Hong Chengchou said this, a small guy serving next to him suddenly became smart.

What's going on?

This 'black master' is also a little too fierce, right?

Even if it is a lot of general soldiers, when they come to the master's side, they don't have this treatment.

Xu Changqing was also a little confused, and it took a moment to come back to his senses, and when he came to Hong Chengchou's side, he still kowtowed to Hong Chengchou, and then stood up and stood aside carefully.

Hong Chengchou couldn't help but smile and scolded: "You are a clever little ghost, even I have to calculate, I really hurt you in vain." ”

Xu Changqing hurriedly smiled and said: "Governor, you are a lowly official, and you are a lowly elder, even if the official etiquette is not good, the elder etiquette cannot be passed." Don't dare to be the disloyal and unfilial person. ”

Hong Chengchou couldn't help laughing: "You little ghost is clever, I don't know what to say about you." ”

But although he was laughing and scolding, his mood was obviously extremely happy, obviously, Xu Changqing's appearance this morning was like a luck fruit and a pistachio, which made Hong Chengchou's whole person a lot brighter.

After a few brief greetings, the topic of the two also led to the main topic.

Xu Changqing also reported the abdominal case that had been prepared a long time ago to Hong Chengchou in detail.

Hong Chengchou was originally very relaxed, but ~, when he heard Xu Changqing say that the old white flag and the white armor Muqi were one against one hundred, and Xu Changqing's team of nearly 100 people paid more than a dozen lives before he took down the team of Mu Qi and the others, he also fell silent for a while.

After a while, he looked into Xu Changqing's eyes and said, "Xiao Xu, tell me what you think about this matter!" ”