At this time, Zhang Wenxuan had already seen it, and looking at the dead horse on the ground, he roughly guessed the reason why Lu Benyuan was so embarrassed, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Brother Daosheng, Zhongtang wants the younger brother to come here, first, he wants the younger brother to urge the Daosheng brother to go to the governor's yamen quickly, and the middle hall is just waiting for the Daosheng brother to open the banquet as soon as he arrives; The second is to explain that the Daosheng brother will send the Sheng army horse team back to the barracks, and then ask the younger brother to bring the sentinels of the two armies back to the governor's yamen to admonish, without mentioning the general half of the Qin regiment. If the younger brother brings Qin Tuan back with him, he may violate the wishes of the middle hall。。。。。。 ”

Hearing Zhang Wenxuan say this, Lu Benyuan couldn't help but be furious, waved his arms away to support his own soldiers, grabbed the deformed official hat on his head, pointed to the black hole on the gun hole above, and stretched out his leg to kick the dead horse on the ground, and roared.

"Zhang Desan, I can tell you, the shooting of Shangguan surnamed Qin, according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, is a felony of disobedience, whether you bring this surnamed Qin back, you can watch it! I'm going to reason with Zhongtang. ”

Lu Benyuan shouted angrily, while reaching out to pull a war horse led by his own soldiers, carrying the saddle and lifting one foot to get on the horse, but he didn't want his two legs to be pressed by the dead horse for a long time, a little numb, two legs stood fine, one leg stood but couldn't bear the strength, the legs were about to fall as soon as they were weak, so panicked that a few pro-soldiers hurriedly supported it, and hurriedly almost supported it before helping Lu Benyuan on the horse.

As soon as Lu Benyuan got on the horse, his own soldiers and the well-behaved officers and soldiers of Sheng who had already lined up in line were also about to get on the horse, but they heard Qin Chuan say lightly.

"Mr. Lu can go, and everyone else has to stay."

As soon as Qin Chuan spoke, Chu Yunfei reached out and pulled out the two shell guns inserted in the belt on his waist and "snapped" them into the air, and then shouted hatefully.

"The brothers of the salt regiment all listened, the smashed Sheng army could only leave one person and one horse, and the others dared to move, so they greeted Lao Tzu with bayonets."

Chu Yunfei gave this order, and the rifle that Yan Tuan had already put down was put up again with a bang, and when he saw Yan Tuan's posture, those Sheng Jun who had just climbed on horseback hurriedly dismounted, and looked at the angry Lu Benyuan with big eyes.

Lu Benyuan, whose face was purple like a pig's liver, pointed at Qin Chuan with his finger: "Okay, good, surnamed Qin, you wait for this official!" ”

After Lu Benyuan finished speaking, he slapped the war horse fiercely, urging the horse to rush out of the East Street alone, and went straight to the Yamen of the Governor of Zhili in a hurry.

After Lu Benyuan left, Zhang Wenxuan looked at the Sheng army who was forced by the officers and soldiers of the Yan Regiment with bayonets, and then looked at Lu Benyuan's embarrassed back, and spread his hands with a wry smile: "Ming Hong, why are you so troubled?" ”

Qin Chuan snorted, and still said in a light tone: "Lord Zhang, these people are the owners of the smashing, if they leave, how can I fight this lawsuit?" ”

Zhang Wenxuan lowered his voice and said: "Minghong, to be honest, whether these people are here or not, your lawsuit today is not easy to fight." ”

Qin Chuan asked a little strangely, "Lord Zhang, how do you say this?" ”

Zhang Wenxuan sighed and said, "Minghong, you don't know, isn't this the seventh day of the first month today." ”

The seventh day of the first lunar month is known as Renri, and it is also known as Rensheng Festival in the Tang Dynasty. Han myths and legends say that Nuwa created a man on the seventh day, so the Han people believe that the seventh day of the first lunar month is a person's birthday, and in order to celebrate, many customs have been derived from it in various places.

On this day, Han women use colored paper, silk silk, gold leaf, and silver foil to cut into the shape of a villain and put it on their heads, which is called Dai Rensheng; Eating soup made from seven kinds of vegetables and rice flour is called Qibao soup.

Some places in the south still retain the custom of fishing for yusheng, which means that the higher the fishing, the higher the rise, the higher the step. In the north, the fried rice is mixed with caramel and made into a ball or square, which is called "Xiangtaiping", which means peace and health. In the north, noodles are eaten for lunch, which also means health and longevity. In addition, on the day of the seventh day of the first lunar month, there are also customs, such as traveling, climbing, writing poems and some sacrifices.

The Tang Dynasty poet Gao Shi wrote the poem "Ren Ri Sends Du Er's Relics": Ren Ri inscribed poems send to the grass hall, and pity the old people and miss their hometown. The wicker color is unbearable, and the plum blossoms are full of empty branches. I have nothing to encounter in Nanfan, and I have a lot of worries. This year, people will remember each other, and next year will they know where they will know?

Regarding some customs of the seventh day of the first month, Qin Chuan knows a little, but what about the seventh day of the first month?

Could it be that the ground is sloping upward, and there is still a custom that you can smash and loot at will on the seventh day of the first month?

Qin Chuan didn't understand what Zhang Wenxuan meant, he just watched Zhang Wenxuan silently and didn't speak.

Zhang Wenxuan smiled bitterly and said: "Minghong, don't you know, every year on the seventh day of the first month, Zhongtang will invite the generals above the battalion officers and above, everyone is here, just waiting for these people in the Sheng army horse camp, Zhongtang is about to send someone to urge, I don't want your staff officer to chase to the governor's yamen to find Lord Zhou, Lord Zhou did not dare to delay when he heard about this matter, and he was anxious to report to Zhongtang, and Zhongtang sent his superintendent pro-army horse team to suppress it. It was Lord Zhou who was afraid that the Zhongtang's superintendent bomb would not be able to suppress it, so Minghong would suffer a loss here, so he asked me to lead the team. ”

Zhang Wenxuan glanced at the officers and soldiers of the Sheng Army's horse team, shook his head and said: "Ming Hong, to be honest, Zhongtang and Lord Zhou both thought that you would suffer a loss this time, but what I didn't expect was that Lu Daosheng suffered a lot of losses, not to mention it, and he also lost face. ”

"It's just。。。。。。 If you suffer a loss, it's better to say something, Zhongtang will definitely appease you, but this 。。。。。。 ”

Zhang Wenxuan didn't say anything after saying half a sentence, but just sighed with a bitter face.

As soon as Zhang Wenxuan's voice fell, Chu Yunfei said angrily: "What kind of truth is this, can we only suffer losses in the salt group?" ”

Qin Chuan, whose face had changed color, turned his head and glared at Chu Yunfei, and scolded: "Presumptuous, Lord Zhang speaks, where is your part, don't retreat." ”

Chu Yunfei took a step back and muttered in a low voice. Zhou Dajing, Du Baozhong, and several battalion and company commanders who were surrounded by them also had angry faces, but they didn't say anything because of Qin Chuan's presence.

In fact, although Qin Chuan scolded Chu Yunfei, the anger in his heart had already risen.

Li Hongzhang invited the generals of the battalion leaders in Beiyang to a banquet, if it was in the past, it would have been fine, but this year, there is more force in the Beiyang army. Moreover, the salt regiment in Qinchuan, in terms of military appearance and military skills, is no worse than those regular Beiyang teams that also started from regimental training, which everyone has seen during the Beiyang school review. But that's it, this army that can definitely be called Beiyang, and even the most like army in the country, why can't it enter his Li Hongzhang's eyes!

To put it bluntly, it's no wonder that it's because Qin Chuan is not his old subordinate Li Hongzhang!

Qin Chuan had already understood what Zhang Wenxuan meant, and the implicit meaning in his words was that the troops in Beiyang could not suffer losses. This also made Qin Chuan finally understand one thing, that is, his salt group was never regarded as a part of Beiyang by Li Hongzhang, and his salt group was just a militia group in a province directly under the government.

Because of this, whether the Sheng army smashed and looted, or injured his salt group, those would be dealt with by Li Hongzhang, the first person in Beiyang, but his salt group beat Sheng Jun, which is a big rebellion, that is, it slapped Li Hongzhang in the face. And because of this, his salt ball broke Beiyang's face, and Li Hongzhang had to think about how to earn face for these generals in Beiyang.

The anger in Qin Chuan's heart grew, and the expression on his face became more and more flat.

"Master Zhang."

Qin Chuan pointed to the dozen baskets on the ground that were filled with the silk and satin that Sheng Jun had looted and the baskets of gold and silver.

"The cause of the incident must have been known to Mr. Zhang, so he didn't say it. But these are all the belongings of the people in Dongjie looted by these Sheng troops. ”

Qin Chuan handed Zhang Wenxuan the stack of lists of the losses of the Sheng army in smashing the people of Dongjie and the Aurora Group, as well as the confession of the Sheng army's sentry commander plotting to rob the horses of the salt regiment.

"This is the list of losses and the confession of the initiator of this incident, so I ask Lord Zhang to bring it back and present it to Li Zhongtang for inspection. Didn't Li Zhongtang bring back the officers above the sentry commander of the Sheng Army and the Yan Regiment back for reprimand? Qin did it for him once, escorted them to the governor's yamen, and Qin also listened to the training together. As for the soldiers of the Sheng Army, they all participated in the smashing, so they had to bring them all. ”

Zhang Wenxuan knew that Qin Chuan's heart was on fire, and he was about to persuade him, when suddenly a white light flashed, Zhang Wenxuan couldn't help but be stunned, turned his head to look, but saw that on the street in the distance, several foreigners were fiddling with a camera and taking pictures of the shops that had been smashed and looted by the Sheng Army.

Zhang Wenxuan smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly, he had to stop if he was about to speak.

Zhang Wenxuan arched his hand: "Minghong, since this is the case, for my brother, then take the first step, and do everything by myself." ”

Watching Zhang Wenxuan leave with Li Hongzhang's supervising horse team, Qin Chuan calmly ordered Zhou Dajing to stay at home to restrain the troops, Chu Yunfei took a battalion to escort these Sheng troops, and several other battalion commanders and company commanders also went with him to Li Hongzhang's governor's yamen.

Qin Chuan just wants to see how this Li Hongzhang will deal with this matter. (To be continued.) )