Zhao Wei can be said to be very considerate, at least when he treats General Lin, he is very kind.

"If it weren't for General Lin who saved my brother and me, we would have starved to death on the streets by now. And then there is the grace of General Lin for saving his life in the first place. ”

Lin Maolin joked to Zhao Wei: "Then how can you thank me?"

Zhao Wei was silent for a while

Although there were only him and General Lin in the room, and the two were very happy in the chat, but when they left Chang'an, their younger brother didn't know their whereabouts, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive now, as an older sister, how could they not care about their younger brother, when they thought of their younger brother, Zhao Wei was depressed.

Lin Maolin looked at his woman, sat at the head of the bed, and thought about it for a minute or two, and it took him a lot of effort to make Zhao Wei wake up from her stupor.

"What's wrong with you, why are you suddenly depressed?"

Zhao Wei shook her head, tears soaked her eyes and said, "General Lin, you don't know, my brother disappeared when I came out with me, no matter how I look for it, I can't see any trace of my brother, and now I don't know if he is dead or alive." ”

Lin Maolin stepped forward to comfort him: "My brother will be safe, you don't have to worry, be careful if you are hungry, brother, I will send someone to find it, you stay at home." ”

Lin Maolin said, walked out of the door, and a soldier ordered: "Pass the order, whoever brings back Zhao Wei's younger brother Zhao Xiaoxiao will be rewarded with a reward of 1,000 taels, and anyone who provides clues and finds someone will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold." Go down quickly and paste the missing person notice. ”

When the soldier heard Lin Maolin's order, he didn't dare to slack off, and trotted out.

It was the season of high autumn air, the sky was exceptionally bright at this time, the air was slightly cool, a comfortable coolness penetrated into the heart, stretched his limbs, stretched his lazy waist Lin Maolin, slowly walked out of the hall, came to Uncle Zhou's room, pushed the door in, and at this time Uncle Zhou was still writing a deputy Han on the desk, looking down at the documents.

Lin Maolin said: "Uncle Zhou Huang is not harmed, I have important news here to discuss with Uncle Zhou Huang." ”

Uncle Zhou Huang, who was originally going to go to the jungle area, saw Dark Mu Xingchen send someone over and informed him, "Drought and Lixue are still doing well in the jungle, and they have already seen the two of them." "The road didn't work, so I came back.

Uncle Zhou Huang motioned for Lin Maolin to sit on the table on the side, and then, put down the things in his hand and walked in front of Lin Maolin, and said: "General Lin, what kind of wind blew you here, the one-month adaptation period in Luoyang has passed for more than half of the time, don't you prepare for the exam because you are too confident?"

Faced with Uncle Zhou's words, Lin Maolin was also helpless, so he could only echo and said: "Uncle Zhouhuang, don't make fun of me, where do I have any information, there are so many talents in Luoyang, you see that Fan Zeng is not bad." ”

When Uncle Zhou Huang heard Fan Zeng, he suddenly stood up in Anhui Province, stood up and said: "Is it the eldest son of the Anhui County Ya, but I heard that this person's conduct is not good, do you have any intersection with him?"

Lin Maolin shook his head and said: "Yes, yes, but I don't have anything to do with him, it's just that he has always been indignant in his heart, and he always thinks that I am a clown who wants to trouble me with him." ”

Uncle Zhou Huang was interested when he heard this, and said, "So, he came to you recently, is it because of him that you came this time?" ”

Lin Maolin nodded and said, "Yes, I came partly for this matter, and I know that there is a lot of gossip about Uncle Zhou's side, so I specially came to inquire." ”

Uncle Zhou Huang nodded and shook his head, then looked at Lin Maolin, and said thoughtfully: "Yes, it can be, but it is probably necessary to inquire and send back the news."

For a week, General Lin wanted to inquire about his family, relatives, and all the powerful people he knew?"

Lin Maolin nodded and said: "Uncle Zhou still knows me, a week is the opening ceremony of the Luoyang selection, and I still need Uncle Zhou's intelligence to cheer me up." ”

Uncle Zhou Huang laughed and said: "Lin Maolin, Lin Maolin, it seems that you are going to eliminate harm for the people, you are really a big hero"

Lin Maolin also said helplessly: "There is one more thing, it is related to the fortune of the country, Chang'an has been lost." ”

Just when Lin Maolin said the words "Chang'an is lost", Uncle Zhou Huang immediately stood up, slapped on the desk, and said in disbelief: "I know, but there are still things to deal with here, I heard that Beidi is fighting very fiercely, you have to hurry up, I may not be able to accompany you to the north to deal with the things here, I want to write to all the states and counties, unite all the subjects of the imperial court, and counterattack Taiwei and Dongying." ”

Lin Maolin took out the envelope, saw it in front of Uncle Zhou, and said: "The emperor's meaning is the same as that of Uncle Zhou, maybe this is useful to Uncle Zhou." ”

Uncle Zhou Huang said thoughtfully: "Where did this come from, General Lin is worthy of General Lin, the emperor should send someone to contact you directly, otherwise this envelope will not make sense." ”

Lin Maolin laughed and said: "Uncle Zhou Huang praised it, I got this and there is also an element of luck, everything seems to have been arranged in the name, I am just a corner of this trend, if you want to succeed, Uncle Zhou Huang and General Li are the key strokes." ”

Uncle Zhou Huang stood up, took two steps, and said thoughtfully: "General Lin is humble, not all results in this world will be good, but I believe that as long as you work hard, the ending will always improve." At least not badly. ”

Lin Maolin also nodded helplessly, and then stopped asking.

Uncle Zhou Huang stopped and stood in place, but Lin Maolin also stood up, facing Uncle Zhou Huang, the two couldn't calm the anger in their hearts for a long time.

Suddenly, Uncle Zhou Huang walked to the desk, picked up a pair of letterheads, and said angrily: "General Lin, look, this is a report from Jiaqing Pass, the enemy entered the city to burn, kill and loot, and did everything he could, and the means were cruel and unreasonable, and he simply lost his conscience." ”

"There is still one last week in the Luoyang assessment, this week is for you to prepare for war, but also for your military training, after all, the army gathered in Luoyang are some villagers, they have picked buckets for so many years, hoeed the land, planted crops, and hit grain, where did you think one day of going into battle to kill the enemy? The samurai are not used to it, the true face will not cooperate, the war is changing rapidly, the situation is urgent, two months of training is considered to be less, but this is also the longest, now every general sent by the capital is rushing to train the army, everyone's burden and responsibility should not be underestimated, but do your best to obey the destiny of heaven also has a unique charm and enjoyment. ”

Lin Maolin listened quietly, this opinion is worthy of Uncle Zhou Huang, which is worthy of admiration and respect.

Uncle Zhou Huang breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the side and picked up a teapot, poured two small cups of tea, took one for himself, handed Lin Maolin a cup, and signaled that he was thirsty.

The two no longer discussed national affairs, but sat on two chairs side by side, drinking tea with their legs crossed, which was very comfortable.

A figure flashed by, Lin Maolin and Uncle Zhou Huang looked out the window and shouted, "Who is outside the door?"

Come in and talk. ”

When the soldier heard General Lin shouting, he stopped, walked over to Lin Maolin and them, pushed open the door and stepped into the threshold.

Lin Maolin stood up and asked, "What is the purpose of leaving in such a hurry?"

The soldier touched his leg, but the inexplicable pain did not affect him all the time, and persistence was the only thing he could do, and the only way to relieve him from his grief.

The soldier folded his hands and said, "Report to General Lin and Uncle Zhou Huang, I left in a hurry because of some things, but this matter is to report to Zhao Wei." ”

The soldier hesitated, as if he wanted to say something, but when he reached his throat, he felt that something was wrong, and he wanted to take it back, but when the words came to his mouth, how could he take it back

Lin Maolin said: "You just tell me, I'll tell him Zhao Wei." ”

This soldier's name is Li Dan, he is a capable general of Zhao Si, specially sent to Zhao Wei's side, close to protect Zhao Wei, last time was plotted by Fan Zeng and others, if it wasn't for Li Dan in front of Zhao Wei, Zhao Wei would have been poisoned by the enemy, although he couldn't help anything, but at least he delayed a little time, and bought time for the rescue of the dark herd family.

Li Dan hesitated for a moment, and then did not hide it, but told the truth as it was: "Here's the thing, one of our soldiers, when he was exploring the way, was ambushed by the Dongying people, and the brothers were killed and wounded, and only one brother escaped from the tiger's mouth, to be precise, the enemy put it back to carry the letter, Zhao Wei's younger brother was captured, and the enemy threatened that if Zhao Wei did not go to the meeting alone, his younger brother would die in their hands." ”

As he spoke, the soldier took out a piece of jade pendant that Zhao Wei's younger brother was carrying from his pocket, put the jade pendant in front of Lin Maolin with both hands, and said, "General Lin, this is what Dongying asked him to bring back." ”

Lin Maolin took the jade pendant, and Uncle Zhou Huang also came over and said, "What is this, is this an object on Zhao Wei's younger brother?"

Lin Maolin thought for a while, and said: "I seem to have seen this in him, but I don't dare to be sure, after all, there is only one side, and there is only a slight outline of the texture and shape on the jade pendant, if you want to be sure, only Zhao Wei can be sure now, but I don't want Zhao Wei to know." In this way, I will ask Zhao Wei about the shape and characteristics of Yu Pei, and then your Uncle Zhou Huang is responsible for gathering people, one day, we will rescue Zhao Xiaoxiao, but not now. ”

Uncle Zhou Huang nodded slightly, praised it very much, and said: "General Lin still knows the general situation, now is the critical moment of the Northern Expedition, we must not only protect Zhao Xiaoxiao's situation, but also not let Zhao Wei know, lest Zhao Wei be impulsive, the enemy's trap will really become our grave."

Li Dan said: "The news has been delivered, and the subordinates will retreat." ”

As he spoke, Li Dan stepped back out of the threshold, grabbed the deadbolt, closed the door, and pushed it down.

Uncle Zhou Huang said: "Now the situation is more complicated, it seems that we have to speed up the training and raising of troops, 100,000 urgent, tell me, tomorrow will start devil training for seven days."

Tomorrow begins with seven days of devil training

The devil trained for seven days

The news spread all of a sudden, and the entire barracks was filled with the sound of devil training, all the way to the Chinese military tent, Changwei, patted the belt, and said: "You heard the devil training for seven days, although it is tomorrow, but today's task remains the same, you don't want to give me laziness, the ability is not enough, hurry up and train, don't you understand the reason that the stupid bird flies first." The belt was pumped even harder, and most of the men looked very scared, except for a few people, who seemed very excited.

Looking forward to tomorrow's devil training