The lowest position of the guests in the mansion is also above the sentry officer, which is regarded as a private banquet for senior generals in the army. Seven or eight tables were laid out, the wine and food were messy, and the officers at each table were red-faced, either fighting with fists or blowing nonsense.

Lu Zhongheng passed through several wine tables where he was shouting five and six, and came to a table and sat down. When the officers at the same table saw that Lu Zhongheng was coming, they knew that he was massive, and they came up to persuade him to drink, and they had a resolute attitude of not giving up if they did not pour him down. Lu Zhongheng tried his best to push the wine, but he still drank a lot, and his face gradually turned drunk.

All the old officers who followed Zhao Ying before coming to Huguang were all sitting at this table, including Luo Wei, Shi Meng, etc., as well as the host Wang Laixing. The two tables next to him were basically the officers who had entered the camp one after another after Zhao Ying's stay in Huguang. One of the tables was full of high-ranking officers in the Tuntian battalion, Zhang Guangcui, Zhang Jingchun and other Tuntian envoys were present, and it is worth noting that Zhang Miaoshou, the former envoy of the Tuntian camp, also sat with them. Among the tables, it is also the loudest and the most cheerful at their table.

Lu Zhongheng listened attentively, and heard that they seemed to be arguing about the area where the battalions of the Tuntian Army were stationed. Zhang Guangcui, the envoy of Zuoying's Tuntian, had a big temper and shouted that there had been a lot of rain these days, and that the garrison in his battalion was flooded, and that not only was it difficult to move, but many of the soldiers had suffered from eczema, and their life and work were greatly affected. At first, he complained about the actual situation, but as he spoke, he became emotional, and he actually began to crowd out the Tuntian front camp, which occupied the best station.

Because the battalion in front of Tuntian is also a training camp, the garrison area, the treatment of officers and men, and so on are relatively good, and most of the officers in the battalion are old people who joined before coming to Huguang. Especially Luo Wei, who really watched the training camp set up in front of him, he was very emotional, and when he heard Zhang Guangcui take a sip of wine there and mock the front camp, his face was already dark. In his opinion, the guards of Fan Hecheng are said to be 12,000 Tuntian troops, but only the 3,000 people in the training camp really have enough combat effectiveness.

At that time, there was no war in northern Chu for a long time, and Fan Hecheng had been peaceful for a long time, catching up with this Chinese New Year's Eve, most of these officers wanted to take advantage of the interest to put gold on their faces, and in fact, Wang Laixing, the number one leader of Fan Hecheng, was by his side, boasting that a few words of himself could also attract enough attention.

After Zhao Ying came to Huguang and surrendered to Chengcheng, the officers in the Tuntian Army belonged to Liu Shijun, Zhang Guangcui and Zhang Jingchun with the highest military ranks. Zhang Guangcui knew that his prestige was not enough, so when he spoke later, he had already lifted Liu Shijun, who was not present, to a high place, implying that he was overwhelmed by Luo Wei, Shi Meng and others. The brothers at the table with Zhang Guangcui had no objections, and most of them applauded loudly, as if the more powerful Liu Shijun was, the more powerful he was.

Their recognition of Zhang Guangcui does not mean that others have no objections. Not only Luo Wei, but Shi Meng also heard Zhang Guangcui's words and felt quite angry. When he took refuge in Zhao Ying in Sichuan, he was a legitimate official and soldier, and he didn't dare to compare with the generals of Zhao Ying's war camp, compared to Zhang Guangcui and Zhang Jingchun, who later surrendered to thieves, the sense of superiority in his heart was more than one or two points? Originally, on the face of the good day of Chinese New Year's Eve, I didn't care about them, but after listening to Zhang Guangcui and Zhang Jingchun, you said more and more excessively, a few bowls of wine went down, the anger came up, and the first one jumped out and ridiculed Zhang Guangcui.

"There are many capable people, and all the children in Huangkou know the truth, the training camp has meritorious service, what do you compare with the left battalion? Regardless of the war, you will open up the wasteland, and your left camp and right camp are not as good as Lao Tzu's back camp, what do you shout? ”

He was a little drunk, and he said a few words later, and the language was indistinct, but Zhang Guangcui still heard his insult from the occasional clear words. Who is Zhang Guangcui? Before returning to Zhao Ying, Lin Chengcheng's subordinates were also the masters who walked sideways, how could they tolerate others pointing and foul language at themselves, and he was also furious at the moment, standing up, drinking energy, and ignoring others, he raised his big fist and greeted Shi Meng in the face.

Shi Meng was not afraid, and he screamed and scolded endlessly. Lu Zhongheng and the others were still sober and hurriedly grabbed Shi Meng and dodged Zhang Guangcui's old punch. Zhang Guangcui missed a blow, rolled up his cuffs and prepared to go up again, Zhang Jingchun hurriedly rushed forward, hugged him tightly, and said not to mess around. At this time, the generals who were drinking at the scene looked at the situation, and they all stood up and watched, and those who hated Shi Meng or Zhang Guangcui in their hearts waited for the two to fight, so that they could go to Zhao Dangshi to file a complaint.

"Bastard thing, a few mouthfuls of yellow soup in the stomach, it's unruly?" Wang Laixing suddenly became angry and shouted loudly. He is not very old and not strong, but he has been the leader of the Tuntian Army for a long time, and he has a compelling momentum when he opens his mouth.

Zhang Guangcui was reckless, but he was not brainless, and he was stimulated by this, and he sobered up for seven or eight points. At this time, Lu Zhongheng was also afraid that things would make a big fuss, so he came forward to persuade peace. Seeing that everyone was not lively, they all rushed up to persuade both sides, Zhang and Shi were a lot less drunk, although they were still scolding on both sides, but their emotions were suppressed a lot, and their fighting spirit dissipated.

The rack was persuaded to stop, but the wine could not be drunk anymore. Wang Laixing didn't expect that a good party would go wrong like this, and he was worried that the two sides would have another quarrel, so he immediately turned back to the inner room with a gloomy face. Everyone knew what he meant, and they quickly left the yard before and after, and went to find another place to go in groups. For Zhang and Shi, Wang Laixing didn't dare to let them go together, so he could only let Zhang Jingchun take Zhang Guangcui first, and only after making sure that he had gone far away did he let Lu Zhongheng escort Shi Meng, who was already drunk, home.

Seeing that in a moment, the originally lively house was already scattered, deserted, Wang Laixing was not in a good mood, and sat alone on the stone steps of the hall and was depressed. Regarding the contradictions between the officers of Zhao Ying, he and Zhao Dangshi had actually paid attention to them for a long time, especially since Hui Dengxiang and Jing Keqin had collaborated with the enemy before, and they were more or less affected by internal contradictions. However, due to the constant pressure of foreign enemies in the past, the whole army was still able to resist foreign aggression with the same hatred of the enemy, and factional contradictions temporarily became secondary, and it was not until the situation stabilized for a long time that it became apparent again.

"Huh? Where have all the people gone? Qin Shilu walked from the porch with two jars of wine, looked at the empty courtyard, and said in surprise.

"Fucking fuck off." Wang Laixing said sullenly.

Qin Shilu put down the wine, inquired about the matter from the housekeeper, turned back to Wang Laixing's side, sat down with him, and said, "Brother Lai, everyone is gone, are you still angry?" ”

Wang Laixing said: "Of course I'm angry, but I'm not completely angry. ”

Qin Shilu put his hands on his cheeks, looked straight at the messy courtyard and said, "I guess you're thinking, should you tell Brother Dang about this." ”

Wang Laixing was stunned, turned his head to look at her and said, "Ah Lu, you really understand me." ”

"And how did you decide?" Qin Shilu also looked at him, "Do you just let this matter pass by lightly tonight?" ”

Wang Laixing lowered his head and pursed his lips, shook his head, but quickly raised his head again, frowned and said, "I'm afraid that my brother will be distracted by this, and I'm also afraid of ...... I'm also afraid of ......"

"Are you also afraid that your brother will look down on you because of this, and think that you can't suppress these generals, so you are not worthy?"

"I ......" Wang Laixing was said by her, and he was speechless for a while, if it weren't for the dim moonlight, Qin Shilu would definitely be able to see his hot cheeks now.

"You're stupid." After being silent for a while, Qin Shilu suddenly said this.

Wang Laixing said a little anxiously: "I really don't want to make trouble for Brother Dang'er, after all, he is now entangled in military affairs at home and abroad, if he knows that the Tuntian Army has this incident here on Chinese New Year's Eve, he will definitely be anxious." I thought, if I could ...... on my own."

"You're a fool." Qin Shilu emphasized again, "I don't think you have carefully read the documents set up by the three courts. I can't do it, so I can only help more and more. ”

"How?"

"The three courts are separated, and the soldiers and horses are in charge of the military, and your position in the court is the commander of the soldiers and horses, although it is higher than the main book and tuntian envoy of those soldiers and horses or deputy soldiers and horses, but only the right to dispatch but not the right to appoint, remove and dispose of, these need to be reported and determined by the soldiers and horses. I've studied all the women thoroughly, but you're still confused! Qin Shilu smiled smugly, "Now give you a chance, you say, who is the commander of the soldiers and horses of the Terracotta Commandery?" ”

Wang Laixing replied unwillingly: "Be a brother......

"Isn't this enough, if you don't want to let this matter go, you will end up reporting it to your brother, what are you feeling sorry for?"

"I ......" Facing Qin Shilu's sharp teeth, Wang Laixing was powerless.

Qin Shilu looked at his anxious appearance, his eyes softened, he held his hands and said: "This is not a trivial matter, in the past, in Zhonglu, the eldest brother and uncle have also encountered such a thing, and they will not be spared easily, you have to be careful." I remember, 'prevent the slightest' is the word that my brother has been teaching you, you don't understand the meaning of this word, right? ”

"I understand!" Wang Laixing's face pulled, "Mr. Shuiqiu has taught me, and the meaning of 'taking precautions' is similar." He followed Shuiqiu to learn writing and arithmetic for several years, and even if he couldn't say that he was successful, there was almost no obstacle in reading.

"That's good." Qin Shilu smiled, "This is a serious matter, and it must not be tolerated." You don't have to worry about what Brother Dang'er will think of you, after all, Wu Liangjie, Hui Dengxiang, Jing Keqin, etc., are all traitors who were personally promoted by Brother Dang, and even Brother Dang'er himself has a blind eye and is ineffective, so why should you blame yourself too much? He clenched his hand again, "At the beginning, you didn't have the same skills as you do now, and when you were a brother, you could let you be the leader of this Tuntian army, you said, he didn't look down on you at that time, how could he look down on you at this time?" ”

Wang Laixing listened to Qin Shilu's words, Yu Lei paused, sighed, scratched his head embarrassedly and smiled: "Ah Lu, you are right. It's me who is too careful. After saying this, his heart flashed, and he blurted out, "Ah Lu, how old are you after the New Year?" ”

Qin Shilu made a blank face, pretended to slap him, and said angrily: "Things without conscience, I forgot about them when I was a year younger than you!" ”

Wang Laixing said again and again: "Yes, yes, I ate some wine, and my head is muddy." As he spoke, he laughed, but secretly thought, "I will be twenty-two after the New Year, so Ah Lu is already twenty-one." I remember that she was only sixteen when she first entered the camp, and time passed, and in a blink of an eye, five years had passed. ”

Thinking like this, I looked at Qin Shilu again, and saw that although she was still wearing long braids to show her youth and cuteness, with a close observation, the baby fat on her cheeks had disappeared, replaced by more and more mature soft curves, and in an instant, under the bright fireworks that bloomed in the sky in the city, it was indescribably bright and moving.