But he also knew that as the town guard of the six counties, he had the responsibility to defend the land, Feng Yan fought to the death for the people, and anyone had to give a thumbs up and say a word of loyalty and righteousness! At this time, looking at their ragged and pitiful appearance, I couldn't help but feel some pity in my heart, and turned back to Wang Dachun and said: "Send back the order, send them three hundred tents, and send some rice, flour, grain and oil, iron pots, firewood, quilts and blankets, don't let them freeze and starve to death." ”

Wang Dachun responded, the news spread, and the people below were even more grateful, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.

Lian Zining finally couldn't bear the knot and walked away.

When we got to the town, it was basically burned to the ground, with broken walls and ruins everywhere, and there was not a single intact house left. It looks like it has to be rebuilt.

And to the north of the town, there is a blood-stained battlefield, within a radius of several hundred meters, there are blood stains everywhere, broken human bodies everywhere, broken spears and feathered arrows, broken swords and broken swords.

You can imagine what a terrible battle took place here just a few hours ago.

On the ground, there were more than 100 corpses lying horizontally and vertically, all of them of short stature, with high buns on their heads, some of them shaved on both sides, and an ugly thing like pigtails. He wears a wide black or cyan kimono with a thin belt around his waist, and on a cold day, he still has clogs on his feet.

Lian Zining can see it clearly at a glance, this is exactly the typical dress of himself.

Sure enough, it's a good one.

Their corpses are scattered all over the place, naturally no one cares, but fortunately it is winter, but they are not afraid of decay and plague.

On the other side, more than 100 corpses were lined up, all covered with white cloths, obviously, this was the corpse of Wu Yijun who died in battle.

Everyone's footsteps were a little heavy.

Lian Zining walked over, half-knelt on the ground, stretched out his hand with a slight tremble, hesitated for a moment in the air, and finally gently removed the white cloth that was covered.

It was a young man, who looked to be less than twenty years old, with a fine hairy face and a childish air, and his eyes were wide open, as if he were about to fight the enemy. By this time, he had turned into a cold corpse.

Lian Zining's heart was sour, he couldn't hold back the grief in his heart, and gently reached out and closed his eyes.

He stood up and walked slowly, looking at them one by one, as if he wanted to keep everyone in mind.

The officers behind him were already wide-eyed, and their hearts were steaming with anger, Wu Yijun and the white-robed army fought repeatedly, how many people died in total? And right now, more than a hundred brothers have died in no apparent way, so how can these already arrogant officers of the Wu Yi Army endure it?

Lian Zining finished looking at the last corpse, slowly covered him with a hundred steps, took a deep breath, and suddenly turned around, his face was completely distorted, hideous and terrifying: "The Japanese invaders killed my brother Wu Yijun, I, Lian Zining, swear here, I will definitely take their heads and come here for a blood sacrifice!" If you violate this oath, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed! ”

There was silence for a while, and all the officers and soldiers also shouted: "Revenge!" Settle an old score! ”

Lian Zining is extremely determined, since he has made up his mind, he naturally wants to do it, but at the moment, he can't spoil a big thing because of a momentary enthusiasm. When he saw the weapons of those would-be robbers, the whole person had completely calmed down, and his mind was extremely clear. He had completely confirmed his judgment at this time, and it seemed that this time the Japanese attack was really for a reason!

Dozens of Ming Dynasty waist knives, I don't know how many standard feather arrows, as well as Ming Dynasty standard bows and crossbows, etc., but if you look at the weapons, if you don't know, you must think that it was a regular army of the Ming Dynasty that attacked the Wu Yi Army.

At this time, Lian Zining was only accompanied by Yang Husheng and Xiong Tingbi, and the others, for fear that they would not be able to hold something in their hearts, did not plan to tell the news.

Xiong Tingbi asked in a low voice, "My lord, do you have a great grudge against any nobleman in the court?" ”

Lian Zining was silent, just sneered, his fists were clenched tightly, his palms had been punctured, and there was only one thought in his heart: "Sun Ting, I, Lian Zining, don't share the sky with you!" ”

It's just that all this has to be put aside for the time being, and the most important thing at hand is how to get through the current crisis -- yes, it is a crisis.

He is actually looking forward to the Japanese invaders coming over, if they do, it will be a big deal to start a war, and Wu Yijun is not afraid, but now those Japanese invaders will leave as soon as they fight, leaving only a ruin-like Jiushan Town, which is troublesome.

The defense area was attacked by a sneak attack, hundreds of soldiers were killed and wounded, towns were burned to the ground, and residents were displaced, all of which were enough to constitute a very serious crime, so serious that even Lian Zining could be dismissed from his post and investigated!

If it is in the nine sides, this is also ordinary, but the Ming Dynasty Haijiang has been safe and sound all these years, and if this is happening at this time, if it is used by someone with a heart, the crime can only be heavier. And at this time, there are some people in the court who can't afford to live with Lian Zining!

The court will not look at how many people you kill, only how bad you do! Not to mention the Spring and Autumn penmanship of those literati, the loss this time is only afraid that they will exaggerate it ten times, Lian Zining can even think of the words of some people in the recital - the company members are slack and hedonistic, and the land is not effective, resulting in the shattering of our Ming Sea Frontier, the invasion of Japanese slaves, the destruction of the city, the collapse of heaven and earth, the unjust death of soldiers, the displacement of the people, the land of Shandong, the people's grievances boiling, spread in the countryside......

Because Lian Zining himself is very good at doing this.

Countless thoughts turned in his heart, towards how to deal with it this time, but no matter how he thought about it, it was such a dead end, he had to face it, and he had to suffer the consequences!

Lian Zining let out a long sigh: "Sun Ting, it seems that you have grown, this time you are really ruthless!" ”

He strode out and beckoned: "Dazhu, rush back to the camp immediately, let's go back to Beijing!" ”

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"Whew! It's finally here! Lian Zining rubbed his hands that were almost numb from the cold, took off his gloves, and rubbed his face vigorously, feeling that his face was completely numb, like a piece of dead meat, and his face was full of small wounds from the cold wind.

Looking back at the dozens of knights behind him, they were also generally full of dust, all of them were tired, and their faces and lips were full of tiny cracks.

As soon as they returned to the camp, they immediately changed into warm cotton armor, one person and three horses, and galloped all the way in the direction of the capital.

One night, after running for more than 600 miles, I finally saw the tower of Zhengyangmen in the early morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Lian Zining secretly thought to himself, it is now the second day of the Lunar New Year, and the first big court meeting of the new year has just passed yesterday, even if Sun Ting and others start quickly, it is impossible to start it yesterday, they also have to plan, they also have to operate, and they also have to intrigue between various interests, the most likely is to make trouble at the next time, that is, the sixth day of the first lunar month.

I still have about five days left, which is enough.

Lian Zining turned around and said: "You all go back to the Jingnan camp first, Liu Liangchen leads dozens of people, there is hot water to eat, go there to rest for two days first, if there is anything, the official will send Shi Dazhu to summon you." ”

"Yes, sir!" More than 100 dragoons responded in unison, Lian Zining left Shi Dazhu alone, the two had already taken off their cotton armor in advance and changed into cotton robes, looking like the sons and daughters of two rich and noble families and bodyguards, but they were not very eye-catching.

Early in the morning, there were already a lot of people lined up at Zhengyangmen, and Lian Zining and the two of them got off the horse, lowered their eyebrows and lowered their eyes, they were all fluent Beijing films, but they didn't spend much effort to enter, and the soldiers who were guarding the city were used to slacking off, and they didn't even check the road guide.

When I entered the capital, I went straight to Dai's mansion.

At the gate of Dai's mansion, there is still such a busy traffic, lively as a bazaar, and the two of them have just caught up a little, just after the Chinese New Year, except for Lian Zining and other backers who are extremely hard and have a special situation, which local civil and military officials have not started to move? Operate around in order to move the nest in the new year, if not to go further, at least not to make others further strengthen their position.

The most powerful and prosperous yamen in the capital, in addition to the cabinets one, two, three, four and four, have to count six yamen, and the six yamen, the officials of the heavenly officials, needless to say, the fate of the heavenly officials is in their hands. And the Ministry of War is not inferior to the slightest, and Dai Zhangpu, an official with real power, is even more popular.

You can see that at the gate of Dai's mansion, there are officers everywhere with big red greetings in their hands, although they are wearing civilian clothes, they can still see a high-spirited and upright atmosphere, and each officer is surrounded by a bunch of personal soldiers, who are laughing loudly, and without exception, behind each officer, are followed by some carriages, which are full of dignified and stuffed with large boxes, and I don't know what is inside.

With the family of Dai's Mansion maintaining order, this team was sent out for three or five miles long, which looked even more spectacular than buying train tickets in later generations.

This kind of behavior similar to direct bribery is actually commonplace in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor is already old, and he is not willing to care about this, Zhengde Dynasty has been fifty years, has already formed countless unspoken rules in the officialdom, and everyone does not take accepting bribes seriously, thousands of miles of officials are only for money, why can't they collect money?

The family members of the Dai Mansion are all very familiar with Lian Zining, and when they saw two people coming over from a distance, they saw that it was Lian Zining, and when they got closer, they immediately greeted them, and said with a smile: "Lian Xianggong, you haven't come yet?" I heard that you are now a fourth-class official residence! ”

Lian Zining hurriedly raised his fingers and sighed, and said in a low voice: "Don't be quiet, take me to see Steward Dai." ”

The family of the Dai Mansion was stunned for a moment, and quickly answered, looked around and no one was paying attention, and said in a low voice: "Prime Minister Lian, please come with me." ”

After that, he led Lian Zining into through a small door.

Although Lian Zining is also an official now, everyone in Dai Mansion still calls him Lian Xianggong, thinking that in their eyes, Lian Zining, a fourth-grade military attaché, is indeed nothing. And what they respect more is Lian Zining's status as a famous person in Beijing.

Now among the hundreds of people waiting in line outside Dai's mansion, there are not many young and old people in the fourth grade!

Entering the side door, he soon saw Dai Bingquan, in front of people, Lian Zi would rather not show such an anxious look, but the sadness between his eyebrows naturally couldn't hide Dai Bingquan, the old fox.

Dai Bingquan remained silent, and laughed: "I haven't seen Xianggong for a long time." How have you been doing lately? ”

Lian Zining squeezed out a smile: "Thanks to the steward's concern, everything is fine." ”

Turning back to Shi Dazhu, he said, "You stay here first, don't move around." ”

Shi Dazhu hurriedly responded, the first time he entered the mansion of such a court official, this battlefield has killed countless people, and the generals who have been in the crosshairs are extremely restrained at this time, and the eyes are elegant and exquisite, luxurious, and he doesn't know where to put his hands when he is nervous.

"Please come with the old decay." Dai Bingquan stretched out his hand, and the two entered the backyard, followed the stone road, and walked in the direction of Dai Zhangpu Jingshe.

"Just now, the old man heard that you came over, so he sent someone to report to the master, and the master was reading the documents in the study at this time, let's go directly to it." Dai Bingquan looked at Lian Zining and asked with some concern: "Seeing that your face is full of dust, you must have rushed all the way over, entered Beijing in the starry night, and you didn't bring an entourage, dressed in civilian clothes, and you didn't want to reveal your identity outside the mansion, there must have been something extremely important, right?" ”

Lian Zining nodded, and admired Dai Bingquan in his heart, he was worthy of being the chief steward of such a huge mansion, and he was absolutely incomparable to him in his scheming eyes, and he could see so many things so quickly, it was really powerful.

"On the other side of Shandong, something has happened, and the situation is no longer good, and it is not something that the students themselves can solve, so they will make a special trip to the capital to ask for help." Lian Zining sighed, his mouth full of bitterness.

In this mansion, time seems to be slow and leisurely, and Lian Zining is just a student here, just a junior.

"Oh?" Dai Bingquan's expression became solemn, and he twisted his brows: "How serious is it?" ”

"At the least, they will be reprimanded and degraded, and at worst, they will be dismissed from office!" Lian Zining said softly: "This matter is not complicated, but there are people in the court who use their strength, and the students have no choice." ”

Dai Bingquan gasped, he naturally knew Lian Zining's ability very well, so he also knew even more that the four words of helplessness that came out of Lian Zining's mouth were so heavy! What a big deal? Let young people like Lian Zining, who have never suffered a loss since their debut, be so helpless?

Dai Bingquan couldn't help but be overshadowed in his heart, he was very worried about Lian Zining, but what he was more worried about was Dai Qinglan, the affairs of the two of them were already known all over the city, if there were three long and two short......

Lian Zining naturally knew what he was thinking, in fact, this was why he was so confident that Dai Zhangpu would definitely pull him. First of all, he still has the Jingnan banknote in his hand, which is a big source of wealth, and it is impossible for Dai Zhangpu to give it up. Second, it is the matter of him and Dai Qinglan, the song outside Zhengyang Gate is a lifetime and a couple, and the swan song of the two ** places once again shocked the entire literary world of the Ming Dynasty, just with these two words, Lian Zining has been regarded as the first lyricist in the north, and the story of him and Dai Qinglan and Kou Baimen is also well-known.

He has been firmly labeled as Dai Zhangpu's faction, if Dai Zhangpu gives up on him, it will be like a signal to everyone - I, Dai Zhangpu, is weak and can be bullied, above the officialdom, as long as there is a slight hint of weakness, it will be followed by endless blows! And he can't even protect his own people, who will defect to him? Who would dare to be his lackey? Playing for him?

Lian Zining sighed, after all, she didn't want Dai Qinglan to worry about herself, that girl had paid too much for herself, and what she gave back to her was too little and too little. This kind of thing shouldn't make her worry about it anymore.

He said in a low voice: "Steward Dai, please don't let Qinglan know about this matter, she has a serious heart, if she knows, she will be blind again." ”

A hint of relief flashed in Dai Bingquan's eyes, and he nodded: "This point, if you wake up from the old decay, you must hide it." ”

The two walked all the way to Dai Zhangpu's house, but they didn't notice that a girl in green clothes was looking at Lian Zining from a distance, her eyes were full of ecstasy and excitement.

When I arrived at the house, I knocked on the door and entered, Dai Zhangpu was really reviewing the documents, and Dai Bingquan said: "Master, the prime minister has arrived." ”

Dai Zhangpu didn't look up, just sighed, pointed to the door, and Dai Bingquan took the maids down. Lian Zining was about to find a corner to stand, when he heard Dai Zhangpu not raise his head and said, "Come here, grind for the old man." ”

Lian Zining was stunned for a moment, answered yes, and walked to him to pick up the good inkstone, poured some water into it, and grinded it carefully. As a former talent, grinding is a compulsory homework, ancient literati, from the strength of grinding, the research of ink is thick or not, is to see a person's temperament, how the article is.

Lian Zining grinded very carefully, only staring at his hands, over and over again, moving carefully. In the quiet room, there is only the inaudible sound of writing, only the reactionary sound of the page, and the only smell of books.

Dai Zhangpu sensed this change, raised his head, and said, "Aren't you in a hurry now?" ”

Lian Zining nodded.

"You are also a dignified Sipin guard, but you are so eager to do things, what is the big deal, it is worth entering Beijing yourself? You are a military attache defending the territory, you have the responsibility to defend the territory, you have soldiers in your hands, and you leave the defense area without authorization, which is a big taboo! If it is known by someone with a heart, it will be another turmoil. Dai Zhangpu hated the lesson that iron does not become steel.

(To be continued)