In the northwest of Chengdu City, Governor Yuan Street, dozens of soldiers stand like clay sculptures and wood carvings, weft hats and blue coats, long braids, waist knives, and their eyes are staring at the surrounding street scene scatteredly, in the late third month of the lunar calendar, the sun has become scorching, and the yellow horn trees around the sun have wilted their leaves, occasionally, there are a few bees and butterflies flying by, and the residual flowers on the Jinyun maple tree exude a faint fragrance.

"The political envoy Liu Fansi has arrived!" On the sparsely populated street, two jujube red horses suddenly appeared, and two Qing cavalry in standard attire galloped over, and the sound of war horses' hooves was audible, trampling on the bluestone-paved street, arrogant and proud. Immediately, a four-carrying sedan chair appeared in the back, and then behind it, there were four long attendants, looking left and right, swaggering. At the entrance of the Governor's Palace, the mighty stone carving Pixiu was bored with the fat buttocks of the woman on YY Street, Goshha, hurriedly erased Halazi and shouted solemnly.

The sedan chair stopped, and a middle-aged official with a weft hat and red tassels, and a four-grade bird supplement uniform, leisurely brushed the long beard and bent over, a pair of squinting eyes proudly glanced at the high door number of the Governor's Mansion, and walked forward with his arms behind his back, and the two Goshha of the Governor's Mansion had already led the way.

"Hahahaha! Liu Fansi, Brother Meng Rong, your master is so difficult to please! With Lang Lang's laughter, the group came up from the governor's palace, and the officials led by them had gray hair, especially the long braids and the snow.

"Locke Table." The officials who came in bowed their heads and bowed.

This Lord Luo is Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Sichuan in the Qing Dynasty, and the one who just greeted him was Liu Rong, the political envoy of Sichuan.

Soon welcomed into the study room of the governor's mansion, and immediately two maids came up to make tea, the young and handsome maid moon white floral gown, childish bun, and picturesque eyebrows, so that Liu Rong couldn't help but take a few more looks.

With hot tea, Luo Bingzhang smiled and said, "If Meng Rong likes it, how about this governor give two Jiao?" ”

Liu Rong was a little embarrassed, "Master Taiwan is smiling!" Meng Rong is also disrespectful, but he is not rude. ”

Luo Bingzhang shook his head, "With such flowers and tender grass, the old man is already powerless to cherish them, but Meng Rong is only forty years old, and his blood is still sufficient, and the old man has fulfilled people's wishes, which is also a good story." ”

As he was talking, two more women came up, not the former, but seeing that the figure was tall and delicate, the face was like a peach and plum, dressed in brocade, and the sideburns were decorated with pearls and emeralds, which were beautiful, a woman held a chessboard, and a woman held two boxes of chess pieces, and put them on the table elegantly.

Luo Bingzhang suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed a woman's snow wrist, pulled it gently, hugged it into his arms, approached his cheek and sniffed it, and raised his head comfortably: "Such a beautiful woman is used, it is really a blessing from God." After speaking, he waved his hand and made the other girl snuggle up to Liu Rong's side: "Meng Rong, come, while playing Go, while appreciating the beauties, how graceful and suave?" ”

The black and white chess pieces ticked crisply, slowly beating on the nineteen squares of the sandalwood checkerboard, several pieces of force, echoing each other from afar, sinister confrontation, Luo Bingzhang held the beauty in one hand, his fingers were lightly twisted slowly, playing with the fat on her chest, and the other hand slowly laid a son, looking at Liu Rong with a deep gaze, "How does Meng Rong think this is the game?" ”

Liu Rong's dim gaze wandered hesitantly for a moment, and suddenly messed up the chess pieces, and said with a smile: "The wisdom of the master of the Taiwan is profound, and Meng Rong is willing to bow down." ”

Luo Bingzhang laughed, proudly took a bite on the face of the maid in his arms, the beauty was lightly angry, as if she refused to welcome back, and at the same time used a small fan of Qingluo and embroidered square to cover it slightly, and Liu Rong smiled shyly on the other side.

"Meng Rong's fiasco, of course, is really a stunner, disturbing his heart, although he has a victory, he will also be defeated!" Luo Bingzhang pushed the beauty away, stroked his long hair, and sneered.

"Shame! Ashamed! The stage is to win the chess game, and actually abandon the beauty to accompany her, although Rong loses the chess game, it is really beautiful and fragrant, and it is happy to lose! Liu Rong laughed at herself.

"Hahahaha!" Luo Bingzhang waved his hand, called the two beauties out, and then solemnly said: "Liu Fantai, what do these two girls think it tastes like?" ”

"The master of the Taiwan industry, the golden house, is really beautiful! The lower officials are admired! ”

"Hey, hey, what's stunning, but it's just an ordinary vulgar fan! If Meng Rong really likes it, when he returns this time, he can take it all away, give people the joy of mermaid water, and the governor will also be at ease, wouldn't it be beautiful? ”

"Thank you for your kindness, it's just that your lordship invites the next official to come here today, the horror is not just for the beauty of the chess game, right?"

"Hahaha, although Meng Rong's eyes are poor, his scheming is really sharp, no wonder Zuo Zongtang repeatedly recommended you to me when he resigned from my staff, don't talk nonsense, Meng Rong, do you think that the traitor Shi Dakai is insidious and cunning, leading my army to Guizhou, but with the main army of the Northern Expedition, how will the situation progress?"

Liu Rong suddenly stood in awe: "The master of Taiwan is wandering among the flowers, but he is thinking about state affairs, and he is angry, and the lower official is really ashamed just now!" ”

Luo Bingzhang stood up, and a murderous aura suddenly rose on his face: "The old man was born as an official of the Qing Dynasty and received the emperor's favor, how can he not work for the country?" The so-called appreciating flowers and plants and killing the chess game are actually to open up reverie and plan strategies. At present, the wing rebellion is violent, tens of thousands of elites are boiling, according to the Tanma report, it has reached the area of Xichang Ningyuan Mansion, and according to the governor's guess, the wing rebellion troops will now march north for dozens of miles, reaching the Mianning line, or even further north, the situation is even more critical, Meng Rong thinks, how to strangle it? ”

Liu Rong blinked his small eyes, twisted his beard slowly, and thought hard, and suddenly, he smiled and said, "Lord Zhangtai, how about you and I go to the back flower pavilion to play?" ”

"Good!"

The two came out, to the back of the pavilion, but saw a flat lake, the waves are not alarmed, the lotus is verdant, on the other side of the rock embankment, there is a pavilion, and the side Yi huge thick green branches, white jade carved railing, with the water and turn, two clusters of gray and blue rockery, steep and majestic bank, vertical and horizontal contrast, immediately make the size of the land, square inch of water, steep and tortuous, around the bushes, purple and red.

"The moonlight is like this, the lotus pond is staggering, the reflection is full of enchanting ponds, the thousands of lights are reflected, the palace buildings are scorching and shining, the high friends are full, the cup is bright and shadowy, the ceremonial music is noisy, and the governor's palace is sleepless and ......sleepless" Liu Rong groaned retrospectively, and stopped abruptly: "The wings against the stone are open, this time the whole army will be wiped out, and the body will be cut by Ling Chi!" ”

Luo Bingzhang's eyes lit up: "Why did Meng Rong say this?" ”

Liu Rong looked at the small pavilion opposite with a pair of small eyes, "Although Shi Cheng is cunning and fierce, he has long been a rabble, in the battle of Hengjiang and along the river, Shi Cheng has repeatedly failed miserably, his strength is sluggish, and everyone knows that even if he will go north with 30,000 or 40,000 remnants, it is just a dream, a moth to the fire, and he will die by himself!" ”

Luo Bingzhang breathed a long sigh of relief, shook his head and said: "No, this time, the elite of our army is trapped in Guizhou, and there are only 20,000 miscellaneous troops in Chengdu and Nanchuan, how difficult is it to defend thousands of miles on the ground?" Oh, Meng Rong's meaning, the old man guessed, it should be the Tianqian Dadu River as a rope, and the stone reversal gathering is to encircle and annihilate it, right? ”

Liu Rong sneered: "However, please see, Lord Taiwan, the southwest of Sichuan, the mountains and mountains, the Yi people are all over, the roads are narrow, the twists and turns are looping, there is no local guide, there is no traffic at all, and there is a moat Dadu River, the cliff bank is steep, and the water is turbulent, so don't say that there are 30,000 or 40,000 ears in the Shizhi Department, even if there are 100,000 200,000, millions of elites, what is the way?" In the past, Zhuge Kongming was so charming, and he could only draw the ground as a prison, worried about maintenance, last year, Li Short Tartar, Lan Dashun, Guo Dao and Knife Thief Army, in its heyday, spread hundreds of thousands, and then in an instant, the ashes disappeared, and there was nothing left, what is it, the battle of Sichuan, in the fine is not more, in the plan is not brave, these two, the people who control Taiwan are far above the wing rebellion, our army only needs five thousand elites, cover the Dadu River, prevent the thief army, you can protect Chengdu safe and sound, long-term peace and stability! ”

Luo Bingzhang listened carefully and nodded frequently, "Meng Rong's words, strengthen the momentum of my Sichuan army, but also make the old man's heart surging, the wing rebellion is rampant, ten years longitudinal, erosion of several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, the first and second grade of the big people have died, if the giant thief can be captured this time, then the merit of the country, the foundation of the thief, completely laid!" However, just to prevent the river from being blocked, I am afraid it will not be effective, right? ”

Liu Rong smiled: "Could it be that the situation that the Lord of Taiwan had arranged before was not just started, thinking that he should deal with it?" ”

"Well, that's right, Meng Rong, the old man is stupid, he is planning a whole way, he can't do it, and I hope Meng Rong will do his best!"

"Where, the boss is confident, his wisdom is extraordinary, and the younger generation looks up to the mountains." Liu Rong immediately contemplated it.

Luo Bingzhang said to himself, seemingly careless: "Although Liu Yueming is brave, after all, there are only five battalions, there is more than one disturbance, and the attack is insufficient, the wing is against the north, when passing through the Tusi ground, our army will be supplemented by the Yi people, although the wing thief is violent, he is young and frivolous, lustful and arrogant......"

Liu Rong was still taking the long exam, staring at the green water in a daze, Luo Bingzhang smiled, sat down on the stone pier next to him, chose a flat stone, cut it off with his side hand, and suddenly saw that above the water, sparkling, flowers bloomed, the flat stone, had jumped several times, turned into the soft mud by the lake.

"Hahaha!" Liu Rong suddenly laughed: "Yes, if you are embarrassed to guard the river, it is better to lure it, and then catch the turtle in the urn according to the checkpoint!" My lord, in Rong's opinion, it should be so and ......"

When Luo Bingzhang heard this, he clapped his hands again and again and praised: "Meng Rong is really high-minded, it's just that the stakes are very high, and time is not waiting for me, so I should immediately send people to properly settle them!" ”

"Don't worry, my lord, I will go to my job!"

"Good! Meng Rong is out of the horse, the old man is a hundred rest assured, and at the same time, the old man will definitely dispatch all his troops to the south to help the war! ”

Liu Rong left, looking at his back, Luo Bingzhang was full of love and joy, at this time, his cronie housekeeper Luo De quietly asked: "Master, your favorite concubine just gave him away?" ”

Luo Bingzhang looked back, he, smiled: "Liu Mengrong is a talent in the world, he should be the mainstay of the imperial court, if he can go to the river in person and eliminate the wing rebellion, then the old man will give all the rewards and be happy, not to mention, before the war, the old man strategized and thought quietly, these four enchantresses, so tempting, will make the old man's playthings lose his mind!" ”

"Master Gaojian!"

"And that's not all! Liu Mengrong is a first-class talent in Hunan Province, with a very high reputation, the old man entered Sichuan this time, carrying the elite as Hunan people, not so enveloped, I am afraid that he will not be willing to do his best. ”

"What Xiangyong, if there was no old man, your egg wings, how could Zeng Butang be majestic now?"

"The old man and Zeng Disheng have very important grievances, however, personal grievances do not hurt official morality, and now the rebellion is rampant, and the Hunan people are brave, it can be said that the country cannot be without Hunan people for a day, although the old man has been in Hunan for ten years, he has fulfilled his duties, in the eyes of the Hunan people, he is still a Guangdong barbarian, and this matter has to be done carefully!"

Between the words, from the Sichuan Governor's Palace, there have been more than a dozen horsemen Goshha, towards the street, that is with Luo Bingzhang's order, looking forward to dispatch the heralds of the various military bravery, Luo Bingzhang does things, has always been vigorous and resolute, saying one thing or another......