readx; After listening to Wu Deng's story, Wu Qiang couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

It turned out that Wu Deng took a car to the gate of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion in the name of visiting his father, but saw Cao Chungang, the commander of Jinwu's right guard, being blocked back. Cao Chun is also related to the Deng family, Cao Chun's daughter married the son Deng Wenming, and the relationship is so close, it is a closed door: the doorman said that Dingyuan Hou was in poor health and did not see any guests.

The four guard generals in front of Jinwu, the rear, the left and the right, the ancestors are all Deng Yu's generals, and they can be said to be the same qi and branches, and they are all attached to the big tree of the Deng family. Wu Deng saw that Cao Chun was not allowed to enter the door, and he was even more sure that his father was closing the door to avoid suspicion, which shows the tension of the situation.

Wu Deng hurriedly sent his servants to stop Cao Chun, and the two sides were angry, and sure enough, Cao Chun also came for the same thing. Wu Deng smiled and said, "It's simple. I haven't seen Mrs. Shizi for a long time, and today I just happened to talk about sisterhood, and by the way, I would like to bring her a message and ask her to go home to say hello. ”

Cao Chun is also a smart person, and immediately thanked him. Wu Deng went straight to the door of the house, and the doorman saw that it was the eldest lady, of course, put it in. As soon as she came in, she saw that her two cousins were also there, and these two were married into the Liu family, the commander of the Jinwu guard, and the Su family, the commander of the Jinwu guard. No need to ask, they, like themselves, are here to explore the wind of Dingyuanhou.

A few women were in no mood to chat, and went straight to the small courtyard where Deng Shaoyu, the Marquis of Dingyuan, lived. When he arrived at the door, the old housekeeper greeted him with a smile and said, "Master Hou has already instructed that my aunt and in-laws will all block the car, and the ladies can put it in." ”

Several people hurriedly and cautiously entered the hospital, but saw Deng Shaoyu lying on a recliner, his cheeks thinner than before, and his spirit was a little weak.

The women hurriedly knelt down to say goodbye, Deng Shaoyu raised his hand lightly, and smiled reluctantly: "Get up, sit and talk." It's rare that you still have this filial piety. How have you been doing lately? Are there any worries? ”

Several people looked at Wu Deng's family. Wu Deng hurriedly said what he meant, and the other two daughters also nodded frequently: "Such a big matter, I have to ask the Hou Ye to be the master!" ”

"I'm old, I just want to be quiet and quiet, and I don't want to care about things outside." Deng Shaoyu shook his head slightly and said, "Jinwu Siwei is an officer and soldier of the imperial court, and he is not my servant, how can I point fingers?" Your men are also decades old, don't you think I'm troublesome? ”

Wu Deng hurriedly said: "My daughter doesn't know what about the other three guards, anyway, Wu Qiang is the only one who looks forward to his father." Wu Qiang originally wanted to come in person, but I thought that my father wanted to avoid suspicion, so I came for him. When he met Commander Cao outside just now, he had the same thoughts. ”

The other two women also quickly chimed in. Deng Shaoyu said slowly: "The reason why our Deng family has been prosperous for a long time is that everyone keeps their duty. As courtiers, we must abide by the way of ministers, those of you who marry must abide by the way of women, and those who lead troops and fight wars must abide by the way of generals. What is the way to do it? First of all, it is the word 'loyalty'. If a person forgets his book, then he must not mess up? ”

Several of them were smart people, and they immediately understood that Deng Shaoyu wanted their husbands to be loyal to the imperial court, in other words, they wanted to be controlled by Wang Zaijin and Yuan Keli, instead of following Chang Yinxu.

But Wu Deng also expressed his concerns one by one for Wu Qiang, especially the fear of war and his reluctance to leave Nanjing City. Deng Shaoyu laughed when he heard this: "Don't I know Wu Qiang yet? I'm not afraid that you will be unhappy, he is a 'silver-like pewter spearhead', if it weren't for the marriage of the Deng family and the Wu family for generations, my father would not marry you to him. I've wronged you! However, what kind of people are Wang Zaijin and Yuan Keli? They are all soldiers who have led soldiers, and their vision is higher than that of their fathers, so they can't see who can fight and who can't? They don't joke with the lives of their soldiers. Like Wu Qiang, it's good to be able to defend the city well! ”

Although these words were harsh, they gave Wu Deng a reassurance. She believed in her father's judgment that the two Shangshu would not rashly pull the low-fighting Jinwu Zuowei out of the city to quell the rebellion, and this was what Wu Qiang and the others were most concerned about.

"But although you don't have to go out of the city, the defense of the city must always be done." Deng Shaoyu continued, "Recently, there has been a large influx of refugees from Jiangbei, and it is difficult to guarantee that there are no spies sent by the rebels. No matter who you listen to, there will always be nothing wrong with strict checking, right? Also, don't keep letting your men hang out with other guards all day long, they're all friends of wine and meat, what can you learn? ”

In the last sentence, several women are really "related to me". I thought that it would be no good for these men to get together, so I went to Qinglou while playing.

Deng Shaoyu saw that several people had taken their words to heart, so he closed his eyes and said, "Okay, you guys go back." I'm not in good health and don't have anything particularly important, so don't bother me. ”

Several women hurriedly retreated, but after coming out, Wu Deng whispered: "Father said that if there is nothing particularly important, don't come, you have to listen to it the opposite: if you really want something particularly important, you must tell your father!" ”

Later, Wu Deng met Mrs. Shizi again and asked her to bring a message to Cao Chun, and then quietly left the house and returned to Jinwu Zuowei. Wu Qiang said happily when he heard this: "With the words of the Hou Ye, I am relieved, as long as I don't go out of the city to fight, Yuan Shangshu will let me do anything!" By the way, Hou Ye said that he didn't say it, if Chang Yinxu asked me to do something, how should I deal with it? ”

"Do you still need your father to teach this?" Wu Deng said, "Chang Yinxu uses the word 'drag' to deal with Yuan Shangshu, and you can also use the word 'drag' to deal with Chang Yinxu." Whatever he says, you vaguely agree, and then do whatever you want! ”

"That's it!" Wu Qiang made up his mind at this point, "I'll do what Hou Ye said, Hou Ye will never pit his own aunt!" ”

On the same day, Wu Qiang marched vigorously for the first time, gathered all the soldiers of the Jinwu Left Guard, in addition to strengthening the inventory at the city gate, city wall and other places, he also personally clothed his whole body, rode a horse and sword to inspect the streets, but it was also quite majestic.

At noon, the Chinese officer reported: "Your Excellency, the brothers guarding the city gate just now found that a few people were sneaky, so they detained them. Do you want to go over and have a look? ”

Wu Qiangden came to his senses and said, "Of course it sees." Walk! ”

After a while, everyone came to Zhengyangmen. Nanjing has four city walls, from the inside to the outside is the palace city, the imperial city, the capital and the outer Guo, Zhengyang Gate is one of the thirteen city gates in the capital.

There was a guard room inside the city gate, and the lieutenant officer said, "Those people are locked inside." ”

Wu Qiang called the gatekeeper and asked, "What's so unusual about these people?" ”

"Back to the commander, a few of them have a lot of eyebrows and rats, and the clothes they wear are very rustic, but they are bulging. When I opened it, I saw that there were a lot of small Buddha statues hidden! ”