"Young master, you must mourn."

Looking at the pale Zheng Xunrui, Zheng Jinhong was very distressed, he knew that this time the young master suffered a big blow, the matter came too suddenly, on the third day of the sixth month, Wen Zhenmeng died of a sudden illness, and he didn't even have time to leave any last words, and just two days before Wen Zhenmeng's death, Lin Zhu, an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, also died of illness, which caused a huge shock in the court.

In fact, after Yao Ximeng's death, Wen Zhenmeng's love was greatly disturbed, although there was a certain contradiction between Wen Zhenmeng and Yao Ximeng because of Zheng Xunrui's matter, but the relationship between Wen Zhenmeng and Yao Ximeng was very strong, because of Yao Ximeng's sudden death, Wen Zhenmeng did not have time to exchange opinions with Yao Ximeng on many things, this regret was buried deep in his heart, which led Wen Zhenmeng to be depressed for a long time, so that he died of a sudden illness.

On the fifth day of June, Zheng Xunrui received the news.

The net of encircling and suppressing Zhang Xianzhong had just been laid, but at this time, Wen Zhenmeng died.

The emperor has decreed that Wen Zhenmeng's coffin will be transported back to Suzhou Mansion for burial.

Wen Zhenmeng's funeral, Zheng Xunrui must participate, no matter what aspect, but the battle to exterminate Zhang Xianzhong has entered a critical moment, all of them are Zheng Xunrui's planning, once he leaves Sichuan and rushes to Suzhou, the time delayed back and forth, at least in about half a month, he is Wen Zhenmeng's grandson-in-law, after arriving in Suzhou, it is impossible to leave immediately, not to mention that Wen Manshan will definitely return to Suzhou to attend the funeral.

Wen Zhenmeng's death was a huge blow to Zheng Xunrui, Zheng Xunrui had long understood, in fact, Wen Zhenmeng had been secretly supporting him in the court, and although he did not express his position at some times, he secretly carried out the operation, especially when the Donglin Party was impeached, Wen Zhenmeng stood up at a critical time.

Wen Zhenmeng's death meant that Zheng Xunrui's reliance on the court was greatly weakened. This has a non-negligible impact on his future development, and the contradiction between Zheng Xunrui and the Donglin Party members before this has Wen Zhenmeng buffered in the middle. But after Wen Zhenmeng's death, the game between him and the Donglin Party is probably about to become public, and in the process of trying to develop, he will have to deal with attacks from the imperial court. It's a nerve-wracking thing.

To tell the truth, there is no particularly deep relationship between Zheng Xunrui and Wen Zhenmeng, after all, there is too little contact between the two, and the relationship between Zheng Xunrui and Xu Guangqi is deeper, but the special identity of the grandson-in-law makes Zheng Xunrui and Wen Zhenmeng have an inexplicable relationship.

This made Zheng Xunrui fall into deep thought, he had to leave Sichuan and rush to Suzhou to attend Wen Zhenmeng's funeral.

On the one hand, he was concerned about the extermination of Zhang Xianzhong, and on the other hand, he had to rush to Suzhou to attend Wen Zhenmeng's funeral. Under the torment of this intertwined contradictions, Zheng Xunrui caught a cold, his face turned pale, and he was covered in cold sweat.

The change in Zheng Xunrui's body frightened Zheng Jinhong.

Zheng Jinhong guarded Zheng Xunrui inch by inch, for fear that Zheng Xunrui would have an accident.

Fortunately, Zheng Xunrui is young, and he can carry this kind of thing as a cold, and after only two days, he will basically recover. It's just that his face is still a little pale.

The letter from Xi'an also arrived, and Wen Manshan had already set off for Suzhou under the escort of Zheng Jiajun.

On the ninth day of June, Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Liu Zeqing, Qin Liangyu, Ma Xianglin and others. All concentrated in Wanxian County.

Zheng Xunrui's face was still pale, but he spoke very powerfully.

"My grandfather died of illness suddenly, I have to rush to Suzhou to attend the funeral, and the next battle, I will leave it to you, the relevant combat deployment. It's all very clear, I don't want to emphasize it again, but there is one thing you should remember, that is, don't worry, exterminating the Liukou is not something that can be done in a day or two, you need to wait for the best time, the countless battles in front have proved this, the white pole soldiers of the Zheng family army and the sergeants of the Sichuan Guard, don't go deep into the mountains to take the initiative to attack, wait for Zhang Xianzhong to take the lead, Zhang Xianzhong has been in the mountains for several days, he can't hold out for a long time, according to my expectations, after half a month, he must leave the mountains, Otherwise, he would not be able to provide for his food and grass. ”

"The battle in Banzhou is going well, Li Zicheng has fallen into a desperate situation, the intelligence from Banzhou, the number of rogues under Li Zicheng's command is less than 100 people, this is the credit of Mrs. Qin, the white pole soldiers can not be discouraged, they must persevere to the end, but the further back, the greater the difficulty of extermination, there are not many rogues under Li Zicheng's command, the speed of movement is faster, and it is better to raise food and grass, so the white pole soldiers must keep an eye on Li Zicheng's whereabouts at all times, and do not give him any respite."

"The battle to exterminate the Liukou has reached a critical moment, but unfortunately I have to leave for a while, this time to go to Suzhou, it will take at least half a month, Hong Xinyu followed me to Suzhou, and the rest stayed, the next step of the operational command, Mr. Xu and Zheng Jinhong are jointly responsible, Zheng Jinhong is responsible for the transfer of the army, Mr. Xu is responsible for making the relevant deployment of the campaign, you cooperate well, and strive to completely eliminate the Liukou within a month."

"Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng entered Sichuan, and now they must regret it, they didn't expect that the complex and steep terrain of Sichuan is also a huge obstacle for them, and it is very simple to take refuge in the mountains, but it is not so simple to think about coming out of the mountains."

"After such a long time, Zheng Jiajun has basically adapted to mountain warfare, but it must not be taken lightly, every battle in the future must be taken seriously, and there can be no negligence, the terrain here is too complicated, and any fighter is precious, and it cannot be let go lightly."

"Well, I'm sure you'll be able to win a big victory before I come back, and I'm waiting for your good news."

After finishing speaking, Zheng Xunrui turned his head to look at Qin Liangyu.

"Is there anything else Madam Qin needs to say?"

Qin Liangyu shook his head.

"There is nothing to emphasize in the old body, I must obey the command of the adults and Mr. Xu and General Zheng, and strive to completely exterminate the rogues, the old body is worried about the body of the adults, and the adults must mourn."

It was late at night, Zheng Xunrui didn't feel sleepy, he didn't know why, he always had a bad premonition in his heart, where this premonition came from, he couldn't tell.

When Qin Liangyu came to visit, Zheng Xunrui was a little surprised.

Ma Xianglin, who followed behind Qin Liangyu, was holding a wooden plate in his hand, which was covered with a silk cloth.

"The old body came to visit the adults late at night and disturbed the adults' rest."

"I haven't rested yet, is there something wrong with Madam Qin and General Ma coming so late."

"I wanted to say it during the day, but I never found the opportunity, the adults are arranging a lot of things, and there are a lot of people in the house, so I have to come at night."

Zheng Xunrui nodded, he did discuss with Xu Wanghua and others for a long time, the battle to exterminate the Liukou has entered a critical moment, he must do everything himself, arrange every detail of the deployment, Ma Xianglin's mistake of blocking Zhang Xianzhong in Wanxian County must not happen again.

"Lord Wen died, the old body is very sad, the old body has long heard of Lord Wen's uprightness and loyalty, but unfortunately there has been no chance to meet, this time I also wanted to go to Suzhou to worship, but unfortunately I can't pull away, this is a piece of the heart of the old body and the child, and ask the adults to help bring it to Suzhou, even if the old body worships Lord Wen."

Ma Xianglin took off the silk cloth on the wooden plate, and ten ingots of gold and a night pearl lay quietly on the plate.

Zheng Xunrui showed a surprised look on his face, gold is nothing, the key is that the night pearl, very valuable, this is an emerald night pearl, Zheng Xunrui has seen it in the cabinet of the capital, the night pearl comes from overseas, there are some in the palace, unless it is a great merit, otherwise the emperor will not reward it, if Zheng Xunrui did not guess wrong, this emerald night pearl was rewarded by the emperor to Qin Liangyu, it should be Chongzhen three years ago, Qin Liangyu led the troops into the king of Beijing Qin, and achieved good military achievements.

"Mrs. Qin, this gift is too valuable, I can't accept it, I accepted these gold, this emerald night pearl, please take it back from Mrs. Qin."

After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, Qin Liangyu followed and spoke.

"The old body is about to explain, these ten ingots of gold are the old body and the child worship Lord Wen, as for the night pearl of this emerald, it is specially dedicated to the adult, and the adult must accept it."

Zheng Xunrui looked at Qin Liangyu, then at Ma Xianglin, and quickly understood the meaning.

Ma Xianglin made a heavy mistake in the battle of Wanxian, but this mistake was covered up by Zheng Xunrui, and in the recital written to the Ministry of War, he also specifically described Ma Xianglin's bravery, as well as the heavy losses of the white pole soldiers, and the edict of the Ministry of War specifically praised Ma Xianglin, which is the credit of Zheng Xunrui, Qin Liangyu naturally understands.

Zheng Jiajun's bravery, Qin Liangyu has seen it, Qin Liangyu is already an old man in his sixties, I don't know how many ups and downs he has experienced, once he dies, Ma Xianglin will succeed to the position of Shizhu Xuanfu Division, and he will be tied to Shizhu for the rest of his life.

Zheng Xunrui talked to Qin Liangyu several times, Qin Liangyu talked about Ma Xianglin, hoping that Ma Xianglin could go out to see the world with him, but unfortunately there has never been such an opportunity, when Qin Liangyu said these words, Zheng Xunrui understood, Qin Liangyu hoped that he could take Ma Xianglin away, so that Ma Xianglin could go in a new environment and have a greater future.

After thinking for a moment, Zheng Xunrui spoke.

"What Mrs. Qin means, I understand, this night pearl is a reward from the emperor to Mrs., I can't accept it, as for General Ma's matter, I will consider it, once the Liukou is exterminated, I will recommend it to the imperial court, General Ma is brave and good at fighting, and it is not good to always stay in Sichuan, it is best to go out and see more, if possible, I will let General Ma enter the Zheng family's army, I never promise lightly, since I say these words, I must do it."

Qin Liangyu nodded, without reluctance, turned his head to Ma Xianglin and spoke.

"Xianglin, kneel down for your lordship, if you can follow your side, you must be loyal to your lord, understand." (To be continued.) )