The end of June in the Southern Song Dynasty.

The summer in Lin'an, south of the Yangtze River, although it is in the Xiaoice period, is also quite hot.

Only the breeze blowing over the West Lake can bring a little coolness. Weeping willows are nestling, swaying in the wind. There are few traces of people on the streets, except for shirtless strong men. For Lin'an, the summer night is the time to really go to the street, and at this time it is best to lie down at home and enjoy the soft breeze of the light small fan.

Unlike the scorching sun below the mountain, after all, the trees on Geling are thick, small bridges and flowing water abound, and the cool stream can finally dispel some of the summer heat. And Jia Yidao's house is even more cold to the extreme.

It's just that this coldness is not due to the ice basin placed on the table, but Jia Rudao's unprecedentedly gloomy face.

All the servants were holding their breath and cursing secretly, and they didn't know which family's lack of eyes angered their own master, and they didn't know if they would be exiled to the frontier by the angry lord or directly wiped out the whole family.

But at this time, what was in front of Jia Nidao was how to reward the soldiers of Huangzhou and Zishui. If there is one thing in the world that is most helpless, it is probably watching his enemy grow stronger day by day, but still having to constantly replenish his nutrition.

Liao Yingzhong stood behind Jia Yidao, and he didn't dare to take a breath. In the final analysis, this time it was Weng Yinglong who messed things up, Ye Yingwu went to Luzhou with five hundred hundred battles across thousands of miles, and the Imperial City Division arranged on Jiangnan West Road didn't even notice it at all, and as a result, he couldn't even get a trace of tangible evidence that Ye Yingwu was in Luzhou.

You must know that throughout the battle of Zishui, Ye Yingwu did not reveal his identity, and the deputy envoy of Tongchuan Fulu in Luzhou, Gao Gao, did not reveal Ye Yingwu's identity in front of outsiders from beginning to end.

That is to say, Ye Yingwu, as the commander of the four compartments of the Tianwu Army and Zhixing**, actually left Xing** without authorization to go to Luzhou, and the only flaw in the battle of Zishui was cleverly covered up in this way, not to mention the hundred battles, even the Imperial City Division of Gundam's Luzhou Strongman was not inserted, so there was no real physical evidence.

And the report from Xing** is also clearly written, Ye Yuanjun is sick and sits in Xing**, and even Xing** sentenced Lu Xiufu and Yongxing County Magistrate Xie Fangde to the back with the words of the future as a guarantee to prove the matter.

Ye Yingwu is as cunning as a fox, as expected.

Liao Yingzhong looked at Jia Rudao, who was speechless, worriedly, and also frowned, this time it can be said that he was completely put on the table, if he can't reward the meritorious soldiers, I'm afraid that even Xiangyang Lu Wende will not be able to explain, not to mention the old foxes on Jiangnan West Road, it is estimated that they will jump on their feet.

Since Jia Rudao took control of the government, unless it is a big thing, the situation of various states and counties in all directions like snowflakes has not been seen, once there is such a situation, it means that the ruler has lost his power to the people.

Of course, Liao Yingzhong is more worried about whether Weng Yinglong will fall out of favor with Jia Nidao because of this, although it seems that the two of them, as Jia Nidao's left arm and right arm, are not convinced by each other, but in fact, Liao Yingzhong and Weng Yinglong themselves are very clear in their hearts, Weng Yinglong is good at details, and Liao Yingzhong is good at the overall situation, so the two of them are often Liao Yingzhong staying behind and Weng Yinglong going out, but if there is no Weng Yinglong, Liao Yingzhong is really afraid that he will make bigger mistakes, and I am afraid that the end will not be as good as Weng Yinglong.

As a smart person, Liao Yingzhong will naturally not hesitate to keep this colleague. Perhaps because he also understood this truth, Weng Yinglong only sent a letter to Jia Yidao describing his sins, and did not send another letter to Liao Yingzhong asking for intercession.

After pondering for a moment, Liao Yingzhong still asked softly: "Xianggong, this will ・・・・・・?"

Jia Rudao snorted coldly: "You look at it, the old man doesn't care, the Imperial City Division is unforgivable this time, how can you think about it and report it to the old man for details." ”

"Subordinates obey!" Liao Yingzhong hurriedly responded, with a hint of joy on her face. Jia Rudao's meaning couldn't be clearer, he didn't want to care about these messes anymore, let Liao Yingzhong clean up by himself, and it was very clear that he wanted to let the Imperial City Division carry the black cauldron, which meant that Liao Yingzhong didn't need to intercede with Weng Yinglong.

It is equivalent to Weng Yinglong owing Liao Yingzhong a favor in vain.

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Xing**, Yongxing County.

After months of repairs, this once dilapidated town on the banks of the river has changed its appearance, replaced by an important town in the wilderness, and echoes it in all four directions of the city with tall walled camps and wide school grounds. Farther away, on the banks of the river, a fortress on the mountain that chokes the throat of the river is also being built.

After all, there is less noise and chaos, and Yongxing City has returned to its original plain and quiet, but the banner waving in the wind on the tall city is silently announcing the strength of this place between heaven and earth.

Yongxing City at dusk can hardly hide the lively atmosphere surging under the calm. Just a few days ago, a two-story small building in the north of the city that had been built for half a month finally showed its face to the world, when the three words "Invite Yuelou" fluttered on the banner at the door, several commanders of the Tianwu Army who were invited to come looked at this banner, Zhang Shun, who didn't know the inside story, was okay, and the expressions of Jiang Hao and others were naturally very exciting.

Of course, the wonderful is wonderful, and there should be a calm atmosphere.

At least since that day, when I saw several commanders who had returned from the battlefield and the magistrates who were busy day and night gathered together, no one dared to underestimate this Qinglou called Invite Yue Tower. And Yingyuelou really took down most of the restaurants, green buildings, Goolan and Washe in Yongxing City in just a few days, which was almost a buyout of the entertainment in Yongxing County.

The slanting sun is sprinkled on the bluestone streets. The brand-new city in the distance and the old streets nearby are perfectly combined in the sunset breeze. The sound of horses' hooves was slow, and the carriage, which was not ornately decorated, stopped at the rather remote back door of the Invitation Moon Tower.

The man in white walked in leisurely with a paper fan. And when an old man humming a song came dressed in the sunset, the back door of the Yueyue Tower was empty, as if only the shallow and barely visible ruts of the carriage on the ground showed that someone had walked here.

The main building and several courtyards in front of the Invitation Moon Building are certainly decorated very gorgeously, which is why the celebrities who come to Yongxing County and even Xing** are like carp across the river. However, although the pavilion where the servants live behind the Inviting Moon Building occupies a relatively large area, there is no carved beams and painted buildings in front, which makes people sigh at the gorgeous decoration of the Inviting Moon Building at the same time, they can't help but admire, and they are afraid that only such a simple style can they beat down such a big family business.

"I've seen Gongzi Qin." The two simplely dressed guards saw the man in white walking by, and hurriedly bowed slightly. And the pretty girl who followed behind the boy in white couldn't help but stick out her tongue, and her own lady's nondescript men's clothing had to be said to be really a bit of a style.

Walking through the two courtyards, it is the main building of this backyard, which is also a two-story small building, only slightly shorter than the main building of the Invitation Moon Building in front. A pretty girl in a pink dress hurriedly walked out of the building: "Sister Qin is here." ”

Qiqin bowed slightly: "Qiongniang, are you still comfortable here?" ”

Qiong Luan smiled and said: "There is a sister secretly taking care of you, and there are six doors of sentinels inside and outside the city, how can there be any discomfort?" I'm afraid there is no safer place in the world than here. ”

"Aunt Chunfang sent you here, I'm afraid it's also to protect you." Qiqin sighed lightly, "Grandma herself returned to Lin'an without hesitation, it is a place of good and evil, and I don't know if we can see each other again in the end." ”

Thinking of Chunfang, Qiong Luan was slightly stunned, and the expression on her face was also gloomy, but both of them knew that this was not the place to speak, and in a few words, they had already walked upstairs. The maid made the tea, and then bowed away.

"Is there any news from Lin'an?" When her sisters were together, Qiqin no longer greeted each other, and asked straight to the point.

As a semicolon of the drunken spring breeze in Xing**, and it is also the place where all the news of the six doors and Jinyiwei is summarized, it is precisely because there are many people who come and go, so the backyard has to be built quite large, after all, Ye Yingwu really has no intention of turning his mansion or his yamen into a place for sentinel intelligence.

Even the Six Doors and the Brocade Guard's Prison are underneath the backyard. And around this courtyard, it is naturally heavily guarded, and there are no less than 100 sentry scouts who come and go on the street every day. What's more, this place is close to the north gate of Yongxing County, which is the highest gate in the entire Yongxing City and has the most guards.

Of course, this double insurance is still not enough, just on the side of another street dozens of zhang away from the Yueyue Tower, a high-walled compound is the station of the Tianwu Army's hundred battles. And Zhang Cheng, Ma Tingyou, and Guo Chang, the three leaders of the six doors and the Jinyi Guard, the large and small mansions are also close to here.

Qiong Luan sighed and shook his head slightly: "Not yet, Lin'an is the foundation of the Imperial City Division, although Aunt Chunfang and Uncle Feng have already rushed over, but after all, there is a shortage of people in Lin'an, and the slow transmission of news can be understood." ”

Qiqin didn't say anything more, after all, this is the soldiers of the Six Gates and the Jinyi Guard who are exchanging their lives for news and intelligence, and it is already God's blessing that the news can be transmitted back. Every time he was active in Lin'an, an important town in the Southern Song Dynasty where the imperial city was densely populated, he had to risk the annihilation of the entire army, even if Yang Feng, who knew everything about the imperial city division, personally sat in Lin'an.

And at this moment, the footsteps suddenly remembered, and a woman in Chinese clothes hurriedly walked over: "Gongzi Qin, Sister Qiong, Lin'an news." ”

Qiqin and Qiong Luan glanced at each other, took a light breath, and really said that Cao Cao Cao arrived. Qiong Luan stretched out her hand to take the letter that was still intact, and the woman in gorgeous clothes bowed slightly, turned around and retreated. This woman in gorgeous clothes is dressed as a maid in the front yard of Yueyue Tower, which means that this letter should have been secretly handed over at the banquet.

Generally, it is better to take this channel to indicate that the situation is better, and it is a caravan from Lin'an to Jiangnan West Road, otherwise it is the people of the Six Gates or Jinyi Guard who will come here directly.

The fire paint was opened, the letter slipped down, a few lines of words came into view, and a smile appeared on Qiong Luanqiao's face: "Sister, the Jia Xianggong in the court is still soft after all." ”

Qiqin stood up: "I won't read the letter, as long as it's okay, I'll be content." ”

"The backyard doesn't interfere in politics, but my sister is very tight." Qiong Luan couldn't help but joke, after meeting in Longxing Mansion, the two often exchanged letters, and they were familiar with speaking at this time, if they were ordinary people, they would not dare to speak in such a tone with the only concubine in the backyard of Ye Mansion.

Qiqin glanced at her and left leisurely with a fan. When his own Langjun left, he often came to see, but he was also afraid that Qiongluan was young, and Yang Feng and others were not there, this place was really the most negative and slacking off, and now it seems that people everywhere are in a hurry, which is quite reassuring.

For meddling in the six doors and the brocade guard, Qiqin really has no interest in this. Originally, Tianwu Jun's secret belongings were a dead place for Ye Yingwu to see, plus the leaders of the six doors and Jinyi Wei were Zhang Cheng and Ma Tingyou, Ye Yingwu's sworn friends, not to mention Qiqin's wandering, and he had long looked down on these powers.

It's still comfortable to chat and play the piano with other family members in the backyard every day.

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Xing**, Yongxing Chengbei camp.

In the first battle in the rainstorm in Huangzhou, the right and front compartments of the Tianwu army were hit hard again, 10,000 people in both compartments, and finally only three or four thousand people left the rainstorm and mud alive, but no one complained, and no one was sad, because the Mongolian soldiers who buried their brothers were enough to have tens of thousands, and it was really a profitable deal, which was much less than the casualties between the original Song army and the Mongolian army.

And the ministers of Jiangnan West Road are also relieved, although the Tianwu army has suffered a lot of casualties, but it is good to block the Mongolian Tatar army in the north of the river, if the army oppresses Ganpo and spies on Jiangzuo, when the time comes, Jia Rudao will use the topic to play, I am afraid that the crime is not small.

Therefore, Su Liuyi and Lu Xiufu were bold in asking for soldiers and food after the war in Huangzhou, and the ministers of Jiangnan West Road were also happy. Originally, the new army formed by the Qizuo Imperial Court was forcibly suppressed by Jia Nidao because of the twists and turns, so the thousands of new soldiers gathered all went north to be incorporated into the Tianwu Army, and Su Liuyi retreated from Huangzhou and Lu Xiufu retreated from Qizhou, and they did not forget to sweep away the people in the city.

Originally, the people of Huangzhou and Qizhou in Jiangbei have fled south in large numbers, concentrated in the recent Xing**, hoping that the Tianwu army that had made Ashu and Mongolian Tatars deflated protect them, and now after the war in Qihuang and Huangzhou, the people who have experienced life and death are even more panicked.

These people who originally moved inward, plus the people who came later, from which there were thousands of young and strong people who joined the army, plus the reorganization of 2,000 Xiang troops and township soldiers, and several blood transfusions, the Tianwu Army swelled to 20,000 again in just a few days.

It's just that the new pawn is a new pawn after all, and it still needs to be formulated by Ye Yingwu and improved by Su Liuyi in a few devil trainings, after all, many of Ye Yingwu's rigid modern training methods are not very practical on the ancient battlefield, so after Su Liuyi was inspired to improve, the effect was better.

There were bursts of killing and smoke and dust. Su Liuyi walked through the school yard and walked into the big tent, where a group of generals were already waiting. This time, Jiang Hao and Zhang Shunchong were killed in the Huangzhou War, and even the back of the Tianwu Army left behind followed in Qizhou, and Wang Jin's left side of the Tianwu Army only squatted in Macheng to watch the excitement, and it was impossible to say that there was no resentment.

However, Wang Jin is a smart person after all, the last time the jute fought Tianwu Army left the most ruthless, and the loss was the greatest, and the final reward was also the most Wang Jin, Jiang Hao and the others didn't say it on the surface, and naturally gritted their teeth secretly behind their backs to prepare for the next big show, so this time Wang Jin naturally obediently obeyed the order to garrison Macheng, and let Jiang Hao kill them a happy one.

"See General." The generals said loudly.

Su Liuyi nodded, these are all brothers who fought together in the wind and rain, there is nothing polite, and he said straight to the point at the moment: "The news of Lin'an has been transmitted, and it is estimated that the will of the imperial court will be delivered in a few days." ”