Chapter 15: Close Guards
Although Shen Chongming's two words touched the weakest part of Zhao Ziqian's heart and dispelled her idea of being a killer, Zhao Ziqian did not show up, but left here as if she had fled in a row.
After shouting for a long time, Zhao Ziqian didn't show up, but provoked Xiao Pengcheng: "Brother Shen, who is Ziqian!" ”
Shen Chongming sighed, shook his head and said, "Don't mention it, let's go back!" As he spoke, he walked back helplessly, perhaps because he had seen it wrong.
Early the next morning, Shen Chongming, who was in an irritable mood, did not enjoy the last day of the holiday, but got up early in the morning to drive back to the camp, for fear that the clever Yan Yumeng would see something.
"Chongming, why did you come back so early!" Looking at Shen Chongming, who came to sell the fake, Cui Yong couldn't help but wonder a little, he finally returned to the city once, but few people returned to the barracks so actively.
"There's nothing going on at home, and the lower officials can't rest assured that their brothers are coming back!" Shen Chongming said with a strong smile.
Cui Yong didn't see his strange expression, but smiled and said, "It's okay to come back now, come over with your ear, and tell you a big thing!" ”
Hearing Cui Yong's whispers, Shen Chongming couldn't help but be startled: "What? The emperor ......" only then did he remember that the matter was very important, and hurriedly lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty, he wants to go out of the palace to hunt!" ”
"Yes! As a pro-army, our Shenji Battalion has to accompany and follow, and it is too unsafe outside the imperial city, but I am afraid that those internal guards will not be able to keep busy, so our Shenji Battalion will select a hundred capable and loyal people to protect it closely, and Gonggong Ji and I have decided to leave this matter to you! Cui Yong patted Shen Chongming's shoulder and said, with a look of great importance to you.
"I, my lord, this is not good, you don't know this little bit of ability, where can you take on such a heavy responsibility!" Shen Chongming waved his hand again and again, in case there was really any assassin, I was afraid that the emperor would have nothing? I'm in danger.
"Chongming, this kind of thing is not about the level of martial arts, but about the heart of loyalty, you are a student of Gao Daren, and you have seen the emperor many times before, so you don't need to consider your loyalty to the emperor, and the emperor has seen you, and he will not be disgusted by his old man when he is by his side, so it is only fitting for this matter to be handed over to you!" Cui Yong disagreed, although everyone else was good, but no one dared to guarantee loyalty, and these literati had a stinky problem, as soon as they felt it, they liked to chant poetry against it, and sent a big old man to follow the emperor, which was really annoying, and Shen Chongming was a literati, and when the time came, he should fight with the emperor's Yaxing, and it was very good to fight for face for the Shenji camp.
"My lord, I ......" For the sake of his life, Shen Chongming was still unwilling: "This is a military order, if you can't do it, you have to do it!" Cui Yong was too lazy to grind, and his face became hard.
"Alas! The subordinate obeys the order! Shen Chongming agreed dejectedly, but he was thinking about what clothes to wear when the time came, whether to put heart guards on his chest.
"Hehe, that's right, hurry up and go back and select people from your subordinates to go to Hanyu! Again, the first place in the list is loyalty! Cui Yong patted Shen Chongming's shoulder vigorously, he also knew that no one wanted such a thing, but for the sake of the overall situation, he could only wronged Shen Chongming.
The matter of selecting manpower is also simple, to say that Shen Chongming is in harmony with the 1,000 men and horses of the left post of the Shenji Battalion. Although not everyone can call it by name, it is important to use influence in my mind, and the first choice to choose loyal ones is those peasant children who usually look stupid.
Time flies, just ten days have passed in a blink of an eye, and the news that the emperor is going to go out of the city to hunt has also spread throughout the city, there is no way, there is no impermeable wall in the world, due to the need to arrange an accompanying follower, more and more people know it, and some people say that it is understandable that they leak their mouths.
"Brother Zhou, you're all ready!" The subordinate said with a smug face: "Oh, tell me about it!" Zhou Feiyong raised his eyebrows and immediately became interested.
"Yes, according to your orders, a tiger was quickly sent from Shandong, and the brothers dug a hole in the hunting ground in advance, preparing to hide the tiger in it tomorrow when the official army did not block the hunting ground, so as to avoid the strict search of the mountain, as long as they wait for Longqing to arrive at the hunting ground, they will wait for the opportunity to release it to cause chaos, and then the brothers who are lurking in the inner guard will take the opportunity to assassinate Longqing!" A trace of coldness appeared on the face of the subordinate, this plan was very thorough, but the dozen or so brothers who infiltrated the hunting ground and the Ouchi guards were going to donate their lives.
"Okay, hehe, this plan is foolproof, as long as Longqing dies at that time, the world will be in chaos, and we can take advantage of the situation to raise troops, with more than 100,000 sectarians in the world, it will be easy to win the world!" Zhou Feiyong looked excited, he was also a founding hero at that time, and he couldn't be a prince, but he could be a grandfather.
"Brother Zhou, do you need to ask the Holy Maiden for this matter!" I hadn't seen the saint for a few days, and my subordinates wanted to smell the faint fragrance again.
"No need, I'll take her to see a lively show when the time comes, hehe!" Zhou Feiyong's face was proud, as long as he completed this big thing, he would be the first to work.
"Do you know why we are soldiers?" This is a lesson in ideological teaching, and Shen Chongming is ready to teach and teach the 100 people selected to make them realize the importance of protecting the emperor.
"Be a soldier and eat food!" "Gain fame and glory!" "Save money to marry a daughter-in-law!" A hundred people were talking nonsense, and Instructor Shen's brows immediately furrowed, a group of stupid people, wouldn't they be able to talk big words?
"Wrong, big mistake!" Shen Chongming said with a straight face, watching everyone turn their eyes to him, and then said earnestly: "Brothers! Think about who gave us the food and clothes we weared! ”
"The emperor gave it!" Everyone said in unison, this Shenji battalion is pro-army, well-fed and well-dressed, and it is the emperor's name.
"Not all right, the emperor's silver is obtained through taxation, and this silver is collected from the hands of the people, what is the people? It's the big guy's father, so what we eat and wear is all given by our father and mother in the final analysis! Shen Chongming said affectionately, hoping to move the soldiers.
However, the effect he wanted was not at all, but it made everyone even more puzzled: "My lord, since this is the case, should we change the name of the emperor's army!" It was Ma Erdan who spoke, scratching his hair and pondering as he spoke.
The shaft can't be taught, this is Shen Chongming's only idea now, and he didn't bother to talk about the big truth, so he said directly: "Your idea is not right, the first thing you should think of is why your father and mother handed over their silver to the emperor as a tax!" ”
Without waiting for everyone to ask again, Shen Chongming continued: "Why did they hand it over to the emperor? Because the emperor can protect them and let them enjoy peace, everyone thinks about it, once we have no person in charge in the Ming Dynasty, the world will be in chaos, and when the time comes, you will fight for me, and it is our father and mother's family who will suffer in the end, so the task of our emperor's army is to protect the emperor well, as long as the emperor is safe, our family will not have to suffer from the war! ”
When he said this, all the soldiers suddenly realized that Shen Chongming was very satisfied with this look, and said with a smile: "The selection of a hundred of you this time is to protect the emperor, everyone doesn't know yet!" The emperor wants to go out of the city to hunt, and he has appointed our Shenji Battalion to be close to him! ”
Originally, I thought that everyone would be shocked when they heard the news, and then they couldn't help themselves excitedly, but what Shen Chongming could see was contempt.
"My lord, the brothers knew all about this three days ago!" Ma Erdan sneered.
Shen Chongming choked, his grandmother's, it seems that only he has dealt with this matter as a secret.
"Ahem, let's not talk about this matter, what the official wants you to know is that the time has come to serve the emperor and be filial to your parents, tomorrow our 100 people will shoulder the sacred mission of protecting the emperor, I hope everyone can be the same as this official, use this blood to protect the emperor's safety, the emperor is safe, we will be safe, we are not safe, the emperor must be safe!" Saying this, Shen Chongming's face was majestic.
"Yes!" All the soldiers should be, not to mention, they were fooled by Shen Zhenfu and the morale of the generals was high.
The sky was slight, and the streets of the capital, which had been noisy at this time in the past, were even more crowded, but there were not many people, more of them were the generals of the army in a hurry, and the generals on the tall horses were hysterically scolding.
"Oh, people haven't gone out yet? We're busy! Shen Chongming, who got up in the middle of the night and led the army into the city, touched his rumbling stomach and complained.
"My lord, this!" Ma Erdan's appearance is always so timely, and this time he is holding a snow-white steamed bun in his hand.
"Good boy, it's in stock, hehe!" Shen Chongming laughed, stretched out his hand to take it and began to eat a large piece. Although it feels difficult to swallow, it can only be done for the sake of the stomach.
"My lord, the little one has been in the army for a long time, and he has experienced a few such things, but he has not protected the emperor, most of them are the princes who went to Beijing to worship their ancestors, and they went out of the camp in the middle of the night at that time, and with experience, this preparation is sufficient!" Ma Erdan still looks like a fool.
"Hehe, experience is important! I hope you can continue to carry it forward, maybe he will be able to save his life with this on the battlefield? Shen Chongming bit the steamed bun in his mouth and said vaguely.
"My lord, how can you be bent on saving your life when you go to the battlefield? When the time comes, you must fight bravely to kill the enemy, and only by making great achievements can you become a general! Ma Erdan said with a serious face.
Shen Chongming was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Your idea is not right, if you die on the battlefield, you want the official to have a fart!" So no matter what to do? Saving your life is the number one priority! ”
"Since you are a soldier, you have to fight bravely, if you are greedy for life and afraid of death, you are a soldier and a coward!" Ma Erdan's face was stubborn, and he didn't agree with Shen Chongming's idea at all.
Shen Chongming was stunned for a moment, and even smiled bitterly, he was a human being in two lives, maybe he was really a coward, and some of his thoughts were wrong.
At this moment, three drums sounded, the heavy palace gate slowly opened, and columns of armored Han generals swarmed out, bathed in the morning light, dazzling.
Touching the two feathers on the top of his head, Shen Chongming couldn't help laughing, it seems that the Han general is nothing more than that, and the equipment of the emperor's pro-army of our Shenji Battalion is not bad, and even the heart shield armor he wants is there: "Erdan, tell the brothers, cheer me up!" ”
Everyone has a competitive heart, this time Shen Chongming came forward on behalf of the Shenji Battalion, and this form cannot be left behind.