Gyeongju, the earliest Sui Dynasty set up Gyeongju City here, but later abandoned several times, the name of Gyeongju is no longer used in the five dynasties, but when Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, Gyeongju regimental training was set up here in Gyeongju, and later restored the ancient name of Gyeongju, and hoarded a large number of materials and grain and grass here, and there were also large armies around to guard, making Gyeongju a military town in the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty.

When Li Zhang's musket battalion arrived here, it didn't attract too many people's attention, because there were a lot of troops coming in and out of Gyeongju City every day, and only 500 people were nothing, and the general army had no way to enter the city if they didn't have an order, so Li Zhang and the others were arranged to live in the military camp outside the city as soon as they came to Gyeongju City.

According to the rules, Li Zhang and the others definitely need to report to the local government in Gyeongju, especially the governor of Huanqing Road, who pacified the yamen, and was their top boss, and the musket battalion wanted to go to the battlefield to fight, and it must also need to pacify the yamen and make arrangements.

However, when Li Zhang wanted to enter Gyeongju City to meet the pacification envoy, he got a piece of news that made him helpless, because the original pacification envoy was Ding Wei's person, so after the fall of Ding Wei before, this pacification envoy was also deposed, and the new pacification envoy has not yet arrived, so Li Zhang can't find anyone if he wants to meet him.

In desperation, Li Zhang could only let Huyan Shouxin continue to practice the musket battalion, and try not to let the soldiers go out, after all, they are not familiar with life here, and they can't even find anyone if something goes wrong.

Jin Xiaomei and Mrs. Jin's mother and daughter have been arranged by Li Zhang to live in an inn in Gyeongju City, after all, it is not convenient for their mother and daughter to live in the barracks, as for Jinshan is not in Gyeongju City, but in another small city in the northwest of Gyeongju, near the border, which also belongs to the jurisdiction of Gyeongju, and many exiled prisoners work there.

Originally, Jin Xiaomei and Mrs. Jin were about to go to Jin Shan, but Li Zhang was worried about their safety and wanted to accompany them, but he was now under military orders, and without the consent of his superiors, he couldn't go any further, so he could only persuade them to wait patiently for a few more days, he had already received definite news, and the new pacification envoy was about to arrive in these two days.

Early this morning, Li Zhang was woken up again by the sound of trumpets in the barracks, speaking of which he was really lazy as a commander, he had never participated in the drills in the camp, and even had to sleep until dawn every day before getting up, I am afraid that there was no more relaxed battalion commander than him in the entire Great Song Dynasty.

At that moment, Li Zhang got up to wash, and then was about to go to Gyeongju City to inquire about the news, and by the way, when he also visited the Jin family's mother and daughter, he didn't expect that the prison soldier Qin Huaizhi would find him with a smile and say, "Is the commander that you are going to enter the city?" ”

"Yes, Qin Jianjun, do you have something?" Li Zhang nodded and asked casually.

"If the command makes it convenient for you, I'd like to go into the city with you and buy something by the way." Qin Huaizhi smiled again at this time.

"No problem, let's go now!" Li Zhang immediately nodded and said, anyway, it would be boring for him to go into the city alone, and there would be one more Qin Huaizhi who could chat on the way.

Because Qin Huaizhi wanted to buy a lot of things, so the two did not ride horses, but set a carriage out of the camp gate, although Gyeongju City is a military town, but it is also the economic center of the northwest area, there are also a lot of vehicles in and out of the city gate, Li Zhang They lined up for half an hour before entering the city gate, the street is also very lively, both sides of the street are full of all kinds of shops, of course, and Tokyo City is definitely not comparable.

Li Zhang first went to the inn to visit the Jin mother and daughter, chatted a few words before leaving, and then went to pacify the yamen to inquire about the situation, the people in the yamen already knew him, and also told him with certainty that at most two days later, the new pacification envoy would arrive, which made Li Zhang finally put his mind at ease.

When Li Zhang went to do business, Qin Huaizhi also separated from him to go shopping by himself, and at noon, the two came to the agreed restaurant for lunch and prepared to go back, but when he got into the carriage again, Li Zhang found that all the things Qin Huaizhi bought were some incense, candles, paper money and the like.

"Qin Jianjun, you ...... Are you going to pay homage to your relatives and friends? Li Zhang looked at the incense, candles, and paper money on the carriage, and couldn't help but show a surprised expression.

"Don't hide it from the commander, in fact, my father-in-law is buried near Gyeongju, and I have come to worship him several times before, but the capital is too far away from Gyeongju, and the last time I worshipped was two years ago, and now I don't know if there is anyone to take care of my father-in-law's mausoleum?" When Qin Huaizhi mentioned his father-in-law, a look of pride and admiration flashed on his face.

"Father-in-law? Why is your stepfather buried here? Li Zhang also showed a surprised expression when he heard this, and asked again, Qin Huaizhi is a eunuch, and as far as Li Zhang knows, eunuchs are very popular because they can't have children, so it is very popular to recognize righteous sons, but the eunuchs of the Song Dynasty are not as powerful as the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, and ordinary people generally look down on eunuchs, so the righteous sons accepted by eunuchs are generally also eunuchs, or the closest relatives pass on their younger generations to them, so Qin Huaizhi's father-in-law is also likely to be a eunuch.

Hearing Li Zhang's inquiry, I saw Qin Huaizhi show a proud expression again at this time and said: "Speaking of my father-in-law's name, Commander Li may have also heard of him, his old man's surname is Qin, his single name is a Han character, and he was also a great military achievement during his lifetime, and after his death, he was posthumously presented by the emperor as an observer envoy of Beizhou and an envoy of the Zhangguo Army!" ”

"Qin Han?" Li Zhang also felt very familiar when he heard the name of Qin Huaizhi's father-in-law, and then suddenly woke up and said, "It turns out that it is the famous Qin Duzhi, Qin Jianjun, you are actually Qin Duzhi's righteous son?" ”

There are many eunuchs who can lead troops to fight in history, Qin Han is one of them, and compared with other eunuchs, Qin Han can not only lead the troops, but also often personally supervise the battle formation, it is said that he has been injured in as many as forty-nine places on the battlefield, and he has participated in resisting the Khitan, crusading against the party, and quelling the domestic rebellion, especially Qin Han has repeatedly suggested killing Li Jiqian, that is, Li Yuanhao's grandfather, but unfortunately Zhao Heng did not allow it, otherwise there would be nothing to do in Western Xia.

What's even more rare is that Qin Han not only has great achievements, but also does not take credit, does not take power, does not seek personal gain, and has no money left at home before his death, even Yang Yi, a bachelor who wrote a tombstone for him, also said that Qin Han is kind and charitable, and his family has no money to spare, so he also wrote an inscription for Qin Han for free, but unfortunately because of the war, the inscription could not be handed down.

"Yes, speaking of which, I am also fortunate to be able to take care of my father-in-law's life in his old age, and my father-in-law sees me as pitiful and helpless in the palace, so he accepts me as a son, but unfortunately I haven't been able to learn his old man's skills at all!" When Qin Huaizhi said to the end, he also showed a disappointed expression on his face, if he could have half of Qin Han's ability, he would not be in his thirties and could only be a small prison soldier.

Li Zhang didn't expect Qin Huaizhi to have such a background, he looked at him again in great surprise at the moment, and then immediately said: "I didn't expect Qin Duzhi's tomb to be here, since Qin Jianjun is going to worship, then let's go together tomorrow, I also want to put a pillar of incense for Old General Qin, and I also hope that Old General Qin's spirit in the sky can bless us with a smooth expedition this time!" ”

Li Zhang really admired Qin Han, a eunuch with great achievements, and he didn't know it before, but now that he knows, he naturally can't treat it as if he didn't see it, and no matter what the other party's background is, he deserves his respect if he can make such a contribution to the country.

Hearing that Li Zhang also wanted to worship his father-in-law together, Qin Huaizhi of course couldn't ask for it, and then Li Zhang asked him about Qin Han, and then learned that although Qin Han was a native of Hebei, he had also fought against the Khitan army many times in his early years, but later he was transferred to the northwest to serve, and he had crusaded against the party members many times, and was later transferred back to the capital when he was old, but after Qin Han died, he asked to be buried in the northwest, not his hometown Hebei.

"Why is this, is there something that Old General Qin can't do?" Li Zhang frowned when he heard Qin Huaizhi's words, because as far as he knew, eunuchs were very discriminated against, and even the family did not recognize them, so eunuchs could not enter the ancestral grave after death.

"Commander Shi, you really asked the right person, about why my father-in-law was buried in the northwest, I'm afraid only I can help you answer now!" When Qin Huaizhi said this, he actually showed a somewhat melancholy expression on his face.

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