Chapter 169: What I Saw, Heard, and Felt

Li Meng was in a mood here, and Eunuch Liu over there also looked at Li Meng a little distracted, but he thought that Li Meng was a little tired, so he stopped talking at the moment, opened his mouth and said with a smile:

"When you're older, you talk more, and you're tired after a day of tossing, so it's better to rest early."

Li Meng stood up with some scorn and replied with a dry smile:

"Think about something else, distracted, the little nephew is really rude, but there is something to worry about, today and my nephew will get up I heard that it is the Hou Ye in Nanjing City, I don't know if it will bring anything to the uncle, if there is an obstacle, it is better to go back to Shandong earlier."

Eunuch Liu was very energetic, and when he heard Li Meng's words, he couldn't help laughing, put down the wine glass in his hand and pointed at Li Meng and said:

"You are also a military attache of the capital now, wouldn't it be shameful to speak so straightforwardly."

I don't know if the three words "rectum" are real praise or hurtful words, Li Meng is really worried, of course it is good to have such a strong help at present, but you can't do any damage to Eunuch Liu because of your own reasons, that is, you will harm others and yourself, and people always have some long-term plans.

"It's okay, it's okay, you met Liu Qian back today, you said it, Weiyuan Marquis Feng's family is nothing, it's good that his son can have the title of earl, outsiders flatter, call him a little marquis, but he himself is still serious, and he is rampant in Nanjing."

When he said this, Li Meng, who was listening over there, also felt a little emotional, the first person at the top of the city, the first time he met him, he fell into despair by the Jining River, but now he is full of momentum, and his life is really impermanent. On his side, a few years ago, he was just an escort with a cash truck, but now he is a military attache in the Ming Dynasty, with thousands of soldiers and horses, and now he is having a private banquet with a person at the top of the Ming Dynasty.

"You don't have to worry, Wei Yuanhou has to worry about whether our family will find trouble with him, a coordinated garrison, Nanjing City is not uncommon."

After a few more gossip, the old eunuch was a little tired, after all, he was old, Li Meng hurriedly stood up and said goodbye at this time, and the banquet was dispersed, and Liu Qian came over and led Li Meng to rest.

Asked on the way, Li Meng calculated this time, and sure enough, Eunuch Liu left Beijing to go to Nanjing, settled on the way, and the impact of several major events on the transmission of news, after calculating, the letterhead from Eunuch Liu to Li Meng should have arrived just a few days after departure, and he was in a hurry, and Di Bao Tang Bao did not pay attention to it.

This can be regarded as a coincidence, Li Meng couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, how much trouble he caused to himself by missing each other this time!

Li Meng still went to the barracks once, the barracks of the officers and soldiers guarding the imperial city were near the imperial city of Nanjing, not far from the palace of the eunuchs, Liu Qian naturally would not stop him, but personally took someone to accompany Li Meng.

Walk out of the house less than a stick of incense, to the vicinity of the barracks, before reaching the door, you can hear the sound of commotion, Li Meng is very surprised, not to mention the strict discipline of the soldiers in the modern army after the lights out, in the Ming Dynasty, because the soldiers' mental state is extremely poor, they are all on the critical line, in order to prevent things like the camp roar, the punishment for the night noise is extremely strict, almost only one punishment, that is, to kill the head.

But the atmosphere of this military camp is obviously different, calculating the sky, it is indeed not too late, but it can't be such a noisy atmosphere, Li Meng asked Liu Qian beside him in surprise:

"This barracks is so noisy, isn't it so noisy every day?"

Liu Qian was also stunned, but he also replied quickly:

"Young Master Nephew, of course this is not the case in this military camp on weekdays."

Li Meng nodded, thinking that in a place like the barracks, there are still at least rules, how can it be so unseemly, but he didn't expect Liu Qian to say again:

"Recently, the weather has gradually become colder, and when the old man first arrived in Nanjing, the military camp was a hundred times more noisy than at this time......

Hearing this, Li Mengwei was really speechless, and walked a few steps further, but saw a person dressed in a long robe drunk and walked into the barracks, this time he didn't ask, turned his head to look at Liu Qian, first the distance was close, Liu Qian knew some details here, and said with a smile:

"Most of the guards in this guard are the children of the second- and third-rate noble families in Nanjing City, all of whom have money in the family, and they have nothing to do at night, and they all go to the side of the bankhouse street to hang out."

Nanjing City is the second important town of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers in the city must be the elite in the world, when the Meilou is in the daytime, the soldiers and horses surrounding the house are the display of all kinds of soldiers and horses in Nanjing City, there are Shuntianfu and the soldiers and horses of the Division to carry out public security, there are also Weiyuan Marquis and the standing soldiers and horses in the city of Nanjing, and naturally there are also the guards of Nanjing City not far away.

At that time, the feeling was that the soldiers in Nanjing City at least had the appearance of soldiers compared to the soldiers and horses in Shandong and Henan, and the armor and weapons were complete, and the soldiers were not the kind of beggars and wanderers with vegetables. Sure enough, it is known as one of the most elite troops in the Ming Dynasty, and there is another point, that is, the Praetorian Guards guarding the eunuchs look much more elite than other soldiers and horses, and they also have the temperament of a military talent.

However, the people he saw tonight made Li Meng see what the elite of the so-called elite army of the Ming Dynasty looked like.

These armies are already rotten at the root, and perhaps some of the soldiers and generals, such as the Weiyuan Marquis Feng family, do have a few elite characters today, but this is only a minority of the few.

It's more about the appearance in front of you, going to be merry and happy at night, drunk and coming back here, some people may even stay directly in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, what combat effectiveness can such an army have, but what is even more sad is that people who see these phenomena are already used to it, such as Liu Qian standing beside him.

Liu Qian was not surprised, not embarrassed, in his heart, he probably didn't make a fuss about what he saw, but just respectfully led the way in front.

There was only one soldier at the gate of the barracks, leaning at the door, Liu Qian and Li Meng approached, he also ignored it, and when he saw that it was Liu Qian, the soldier on duty at the gate immediately stood solemnly, but Li Meng also noticed that there seemed to be a wine jug at the soldier's feet.

Since Li Meng is a relative of the town guard, his soldiers and horses also have a good treatment, such as being placed in the barracks closer to the front camp gate.

When the guards saw Liu Qian coming, although they drank a little wine, they were still sober enough to tell the generals in the camp that Li Meng and the two of them had only entered the camp not far from the gate, and one of the several generals they had seen during the day, a general manager Qian, hurriedly ran over and greeted him respectfully.

Although Liu Qian was polite to Li Meng, he was quite dignified in the face of these officers among the guards, and said:

"There is still a diligent one in this camp tonight, why don't you kid go out......"

Speaking of this, Mr. Qian first laughed a few times, and then with a bit of stupidity on his face, he muttered in a low voice:

"I took the silver tonight and said that we were going to eat and drink together, but it turned out that there were people on duty in the camp, everyone threw the dice, and the lower officials had the worst luck, so they had to stay here!"

After finishing speaking, he scratched his head there and smirked, he said this to complain, and secondly, he also had the meaning of making everyone laugh, sure enough, Liu Qian was amused by this thousand always laughed, and Li Meng also laughed, but there were many feelings in his heart, and he really didn't have any mood to laugh.

After walking a short distance, I arrived at the barracks where Li Meng's two hundred guards were resting. Li Meng walked in the barracks of the guards, and he could hear the sound of talking and laughing everywhere, saying that it was a bit of an exaggeration to say that the lights were bright, but it was much brighter than the alleys of the houses, and occasionally he could hear the shouts of gambling and drinking.

But in front of the camp where Li Meng's men were stationed, it was a completely different scene, not to mention that except for the light at the door, it was pitch black and completely quiet.

Only the main entrance was a solemn stand guard of two soldiers with weapons in their hands, and although there was a noise in the barracks in my ears, the feeling was completely different. The Qian Zong and Liu Qian, who had been laughing somewhere, also unconsciously shut up, and were a little sneering.

After walking a few steps forward, he found that there was a person standing in the darkness nearby, in the barracks, Li Meng felt that there would be no dangerous factors, and although that person was standing in the dark, there was no hidden meaning.

Li Meng had quieted down Liu Qian and Mr. Qian, pointing at the person in the dark, Mr. Qian was not afraid, and walked straight to that person, and after getting closer, he reached out and patted the other party's shoulder, greeted with a smile and said:

"Lao Huang, those people will look for you for a long time at night, who would have thought that you would run here to hide, what are you doing!"

It was Huang Ping, who was the first to lead people to Weimei Tower during the day, he looked back, but saw Li Meng and Liu Qian standing in the light of the lights, and said hello to his colleagues, Huang Ping ran to them quickly, and said hello respectfully.

The light of the lantern hanging nearby was still enough, and Li Meng could see that this Huang Ping's face was a little dignified, since he entered this barracks, all he saw was a happy and harmonious color, full of happy life. This Huang Ping is an anomaly.

Speaking of which, this Qianhu Huang Ping is actually five or six years older than Li Meng, with a shallow beard on his face and a lean appearance. However, Li Meng is already accustomed to looking at others with the mentality of adding up the age and memory of two lifetimes, and he feels very strange about the solemnity on the other party's face.

Before he could ask, he heard Huang Ping standing beside him speak first, Huang Qianhu pointed to the back of a hill on the right, but asked first:

"There must be a sentry behind that hillock, right?"