After Qin Gan and Ma Chen left, there were only Qiao Zhun and the civil official who had been scribbling on the paper in the wing. The man seemed to have corrected the paperwork, holding two pages of paper, his head shaking left and right, and his mouth was reciting words, presumably memorizing the words on the paper; Orr frowned again, as if he was very dissatisfied with his article, tilted his face and thought hard for a long time, and then picked up the pen and lay on the table to delete it......

Qiao Zhun didn't know this person, and he didn't have the interest to come forward to talk, so he sat on the chair and looked around with a lamp, and there was nothing worth paying attention to in the empty room. He remembered that the document just now said that there was a small garden connected to the back of this wing, so he stood up and walked to the screen and looked out. Behind this is indeed a garden, the place is not big, but there is a world in every square inch, and there are all kinds of flowers, trees, pavilions; There were also a few people in the pavilion, all dressed in civil official costumes, sitting or standing in a whisper, talking and laughing, but they were all unfamiliar faces. These men also saw him, but they did not care, and continued to listen to the man who was surrounded by the crowd:

“…… Yan Zhuo has been working in the Yanzhou Mansion for almost thirty years, and the deputy steward of this department has also been the deputy steward of the department for seven or eight years, seeing that many people with less qualifications than him have now risen to the top of his head, can he not be anxious? This time it can be regarded as a good opportunity for him to catch the sky and get in touch with the general, so as soon as he heard the news, he immediately found his brother-in-law who was in charge of the workshop. As soon as the two men put together, they were ready to take this good thing to themselves. Who knew that I didn't know how to do it halfway, and I actually let Fan Ji of the Pastoral Mansion know about it. Lao Fan was also blinded by lard, so he had to step on one foot into this 'good thing'. Yan Zhuo had no choice but to share the benefits with Fan Jie. Both of them are veterans of the public family, and they can do it without the slightest mistake with their eyes closed, and here they are looking for someone to go to Quzhou to greet the guy who is a member of the Guanle family to return quickly, and there is a Hu Nu Sangxiu, ready to send the clerk to the general's house unknowingly. Take a look at the ingenuity of the boss who is an official and an official! As he spoke, he smacked his lips and let out a long sigh, which seemed to be quite emotional and admirable.

The audience in the circle laughed. The outcome of this story is well known. Yan Zhuo and Fan Jie didn't know how to keep secrets, and it was a small matter that was originally a big thing, but they made it known all over the city, and the general's face was not good-looking. Bao Kan, the guard of the Admiral's Palace, personally went out to find Yan Zhuo and Fan Jie, and fined them three months' salaries in the name of "lingering in the teaching workshop or obstructing official business".

Everyone laughed and talked about Yan Zhuo and Fan Jie, and a Jiupin official standing by the pavilion asked: "Since the Admiral's Mansion came forward to refute the rumors by punishing the two of them, it stands to reason that this matter should also be stopped." But I heard someone say a few days ago, Lord Yushi Fang is talking again, the general and the Hu Nu are indeed the case, and this time it was the guards around the general who inadvertently revealed it one by one, what do you think? ”

A group of civil officials, you look at me, I look at you, and they smile at each other, but no one agrees. It was Qiao Zhun who was standing at the door, and the first thought that came to his mind was "The general wants to cover up, and Bao Kan is self-defeating."

The official who told the story just now laughed and said, "It's hard to say. This is a family matter of the great general, and we can't judge nonsense. Everyone is just sitting and waiting for idle talk, and you can't take it seriously. After speaking, he turned his head to an official next to him and said, "Xishan, our county handed over the documents to the pastoral government to ask for the adjustment of the grain warehouse, are you allowed or not?" ”

"Be accurate, be accurate."

"If you want to, do it quickly! Seeing that many people are about to run out of cooking at home, I am so anxious that my hair falls out in locks! Ugly words said earlier, when something happened in my county, I couldn't run away, and you don't want to run one by one, I'm going to bite people in the yamen of the inspection department! ”

"Just do it, do it." The eight-rank official who expressed the word Xishan still said unhurriedly.

Seeing that the topic on the pavilion had shifted to the drought in front of him and the relief in the near future, Qiao Zhun didn't have the patience to listen. He paced back, holding the teacup and wondering what Shang Cheng was looking for him. Several groups of people came and went in the house, and he didn't pay attention. But thinking about it for a long time is always not the point. After sitting for a long time, I didn't see anyone to greet me for a long time, and before I knew it, fatigue came up......

In a daze, he suddenly heard someone calling him: "Master Qiao, wake up." ”

He opened his swollen eyes, and for a moment he didn't remember where he was, just squinted at the person who woke him up.

"Lord Qiao, the Governor, please speak in the main hall."

Hearing the word "commander", Qiao Zhun was slightly sober. He immediately blamed himself: Oh, why did you sleep here? Because he was so busy blaming himself, he didn't even notice that the clerk's attitude towards him was obviously different from that of others. He hurriedly rubbed his face, drove away the remaining two points of sleepiness, copied the herbal tea soup on the table to rinse his mouth, straightened his head and spread his yarn shirt, calmed down, and walked out of the wing. Only then did he realize that it was already full of red clouds outside. The houses, doors, windows, columns, walls, slabs, and steps of the courtyard were everywhere dyed golden red by the sunset......

"Please stay a little longer." The clerk stopped him again at the door.

Qiao Zhun was stunned, not knowing what this meant. However, he still stopped as he said, raised his head and looked, and happened to see three or four generals in crimson Rong regular clothes coming out of the main hall, and it was Shang Cheng who was surrounded in the middle, and he realized that it was the people who had met and talked with Shang Cheng before who were saying goodbye. Now it is indeed difficult for him to come forward and salute.

Of the three scarlet-robed generals, Qiao Zhun knew two, one was the son-in-law of the sworn enemy Huo Lun, the new Sima Sun Zhongshan of the Right Army; The other one is Wen Mu, who I met in Yi County three years ago. Wen Mu's appearance has not changed much compared with three years ago, and he still has more bookish air than the prestige of an officer; It's just that Wen Mu at that time was a captain from the eighth grade, and he didn't expect to see him for three years, and now he is also wearing a scarlet robe. He had never seen the last white-bearded old general, but Shang Cheng had been talking to this man for the longest time, holding his arm and talking while stepping down the steps, as if he was going to personally send the man out of the hospital......

The old general probably didn't expect to be treated so politely by Shang Cheng in advance, his face was swollen red, and he didn't dare to break free, so he could only murmur, "This can't be done, can't be helped...... The commander stays, and the commander please stays. ”

Shang Cheng didn't let go, and said as he walked: "...... General Shiyan came all the way from Xilong, and he worked hard all the way, so I think he will rest in Yanzhou for a few days first, and he will not be in a hurry to go to Duanzhou to take up his post. You see, isn't Zhongshan, Sima, also relying on Yanzhou and not moving his nest? ”

Sun Zhongshan grinned and said, "Why am I not leaving?" I wanted to leave! Isn't that what I have to do......

Shang Cheng ignored him and continued: "...... The general stayed in Yanzhou for a few more days, firstly, to rest and recover, and secondly, to get acquainted with several generals of the Wei Mansion first, and in the future, everyone will be colleagues in the army, and there will be times when you deal with them. As he spoke, he glanced back at Wen Mu, who was silent, and muttered in a low voice, "Don't say I didn't remind you, none of the generals of our Yanshan Weifu are fuel-efficient lamps...... one or two" said that it was a low voice, but in fact, the whole courtyard could hear it clearly. Wen Mu didn't have anything, Wan Er smiled and didn't argue, and the old general Shiyan hurriedly said: "When I reported before noon, I had already met General Zhang Shao and several leaders in the Wei Mansion, all of whom were very good people......

Shang Cheng nodded matter-of-fact and said, "When the autumn military expenditures will start to be written off in a few days, it would be great if the old general still said this to me." ”

Sun Zhongshan and Wen Mu both raised their faces and laughed. The old general Shiyan was probably new to the city and was not used to Shang Cheng's words and actions, so he paused for a moment before saying with a smile: "The commander is joking......

Shang Cheng was about to say more, when two scarlet-robed generals burst in from outside the courtyard, and the guards at the door stopped them and were thrown away by a few whips. The person who walked in front took three steps and two steps into the courtyard, raised his face to look at Shang Cheng, and immediately said: "Commander, why did you give all the 3,000 horses sent by Hedong to the right army?" In the blink of an eye, I saw Sun Zhongshan again, and this person's voice suddenly became louder. Good! Sun Sima is also there! Governor, you can get a bowl of water this time! ”

Qiao Zhun knew that this officer with a loud voice was Sun Huan, the former Sima Governor of the Right Army, and now Sima of the Chinese Army. The white-faced general who came in after him, Qiao Zhun guessed that it should be Sun Huan's deputy Shao Chuan.

Shang Cheng also ignored the two people who were covered with sweat and oil, and still held the arm of the old general Shiyan and said to him affectionately: "The old general came early rather than coincidentally. Come, let me introduce you to these two of you, one by one, this is Sun Huan, the Sima of our Yanshan Zhongjun; This is Shao Chuan, the Sima Governor of the Chinese Army. He lowered his face and said to Sun Huan and Shao Chuan, "What are you shouting, why don't you meet the old general Shiyan soon?" As he spoke, his eyes turned in the courtyard, and the heads of the people who were peeking out of the windows of several side rooms immediately shrank back.

Sun Huan and Shao Chuan came to seek justice, and they didn't bother to pay attention to the old generals and young generals. The two of them didn't stop on the old general's face for long, they raised their arms indiscriminately to make a military salute, and without waiting for the salute in return, Sun Huan said: "Commander, those three thousand horses ......"

How do you know that Shang Cheng's words have not been finished yet: "...... When the old general broke the formation of 100 people in Hezhou, you couldn't even tell the difference between the front and back of the uniform! ”

Sun Shao and the others gasped at the same time, looked at each other twice, and Sun Huan asked cautiously: "Dare to ask, you are the old general of Hexi Erzhou Assassin Shi Qi Weiqi in front?" ”

Rao is Qi Wei has been in the army for more than 30 years, knowing that he is not familiar with life when he first arrives in a place, and he must be humble and harmonious with his colleagues in every move, but when he defeated 6,000 Tubo people with 120 horsemen in Hezhou, it was his famous battle, and it was also the most proud battle in his life, and he couldn't help but have a little smugness on his face: "It's just ......"

"Old general Weiyi, I have admired it for many years, I will invite you to drink when I turn around, and by the way, tell me about that incident, let me open my eyes." Sun Huan said with a smile. Immediately, he restrained his smile and said, "Let's get down to business now." It just so happens that the Sima and the lieutenant of your right army are here, so we don't have to look for them one by one. Sun Sima, Captain Qi, in front of the general, you tell the truth, how many of the three thousand Hedong horses do you let out? ”

Qi Wei obviously didn't expect that he had just reported for duty and had not officially taken office, and Shangfeng's subordinates hadn't seen a few, so he encountered such a troublesome thing first. twisted his face to look at Shang Cheng; Shang Cheng was talking to a person under the corridor, who was not an official or a person, and Qiao Zhun smiled and nodded in greeting, as if he hadn't heard Sun Huan's words. He wanted to turn his head to look at Sun Zhongshan again, but he temporarily held back, and said to Sun Huan bluntly: "Sun Sima, those three thousand war horses, our right army will not let them no matter what!" ”

Sun Zhongshan said beside him: "Captain Qi, the three thousand horses that Sun Sima said have now been placed on the military register of the Right Army. ”

This time, Qi Wei has more bottom. Sima supported himself, so he didn't need to pay attention to someone else's Sima, so he smiled and said, "Sun Sima, then there is no way." It is absolutely impossible for us to vomit out what we have already eaten! ”

Shao Chuan looks like a gentle and elegant scholar, in fact, everyone who knows him knows that this guy is actually a flintlock temper, and the spark can burn up as soon as it burns, and he is the leading field general in the Yanshan Guard, who can even beat his good friend Zheng Qi for a few bed crossbows one by one, can that character be an ordinary "wild"? He listened to the meaning of Qi Wei's words, that is, "whatever it is, don't think about three thousand horses", his eyes bulged, what Hezhou legend was a world-famous general, he couldn't care about it, muttered a foul word in his mouth, clenched his fists and prepared to speak according to his ability......

Sun Zhongshan was quick-eyed, and grabbed him as soon as he stepped forward. That's it, Shao Chuan also jumped up and wanted to kick Qi Wei. It wasn't until Shang Cheng glared at him fiercely that he stopped snorting. But his hands and feet stopped, and his mouth did not stop, and he cursed in a low voice......

In front of Shang Cheng, Sun Huan changed his expression again. He is now aggrieved like a little daughter-in-law who has been abused by his in-laws, and says: "General, you are the one who went out of our Chinese army, right?" We don't ask you to give preferential treatment to our Chinese army because of this, but you can't always be kind...... Thick and thin, right? Look, what is the situation of our Yanshanwei now? Good food, good drink, easy to use, everything that has something good is the right army's. Even if the right army can't look down on it, it is the left army that wins Simon first. What about our Chinese army? Except for military rations, everything else is left over by others! Why do I think that our Chinese military elephant is a baby raised by a stepmother! He raised his arm, as if he was going to wipe his tears, and suddenly came to his senses when his hand was shoulder-high, and he turned to scratch his head, as awkward as his movements were. Shang Cheng and several generals all tensed their faces and pretended not to see it, but they hid in the house and watched the lively little clerks and clerks without any worries, covering their mouths and smiling. Sun Wanquan didn't see or hear it, and continued, "There is also Weifu, and Zhang Shao, they all wear a pair of pants with Sun Zhongshan, and they are torturing our Chinese army ...... in different ways."

Shang Cheng really couldn't listen to it anymore. Sun Huan, this bastard, wants to be a crying child with milk, but he doesn't know how to find a smart person to point out, and pick the thorn of the right army and point it directly at the right army, what are you doing to offend Wei Fu and Zhang Shao, and there are not enough people who are looking for trouble with him?

However, although Sun Huan pretended to be a crying child and played a bad role, the Chinese army could not help but comfort him.

He thought for a moment and said, "This time, the Ministry of War has newly given us the establishment of two cavalry battalions in Yanshanwei, and the Chinese army can divide one. ”

Sun Wanden burst into tears and laughed, and asked, "What about the horse?" ”

"Not this time." Shang Cheng said. Most not, not next time. But that can't be said. "Next time...... When the time comes, depending on the situation, maybe the two new cavalry battalions will be given to you in the army. So prepare the officers and men of the new cavalry battalion. He turned back to Wen Mu and said, "You and General Qi are real fellow villagers, and Old General Qi has just arrived in our Yanshan, so you have to fulfill your responsibilities as a fellow countryman." ”

Wen Mu smiled and nodded: "No problem." ”

Shang Cheng said to Qi Wei again: "Old General Shiyan, then this is the case first, you first rest in the city for a few days before going to the right army to take up your post." If you have anything to do these days, you can come to me at any time, or ask Zhongshan and Zhaoyuan. I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you much. After saying a military salute, he stopped sending each other off, and stood on the front steps of the courtyard gate to watch the generals leave.

Qiao Zhun stood under the dripping eaves, and he could still hear Sun Huan's loud voice from a distance, "Wen Zhaoyuan, be careful, don't act for the tiger!" I couldn't help but shake my head and smile.

He was thinking about why Sun Huan was able to explain an idiom clearly and smoothly this time, but just now he couldn't even remember the reason why he couldn't even remember "favoring one over the other", Shang Cheng had already walked over and greeted him: "Brother Yunping, I've kept you waiting for a long time." He grabbed Qiao Zhun's arm and didn't let Qiao Zhun give him a salute to his subordinates, and said with a smile, "Before, I was still wondering why I sent someone to look for you so old, but I didn't see your figure for a whole day." Later, I found out that I was negligent and they treated you as an ordinary official dealing, so they made you sit and wait as usual. You wouldn't mind, would you? It's my fault, and I apologize to you. ”

As he spoke, he ushered Qiao Zhun into the main hall......