The seventh sedan chair stopped more than ten meters away from everyone. After a long time, a cold voice came from the sedan chair: "Tell everyone to get up." The leader-like eunuch agreed, shook the dust in his hand, and said loudly: "Niangniang has a will, everyone, get up." ”

The crowd came alive, but everyone was careful to leave a large circle for the people in between. The whole pier looks like it's going in slow motion from a movie. The eunuch suddenly unfolded a holy decree and read it out loud: "The Empress Dowager Xianzhuang edict said: Wu Ming of the Xuanwu Brigade of the Guards Battalion, Ge Yi, deputy of the Qinglong Brigade, Yang Xiong, deputy of the Xuanwu Team, and Li Yuan, the general of Jianwu. The public is loyal to the country, forgetting life and death, escorting the mourning family and the little son of heaven all the way, and returning home thousands of miles. Therefore, Wu Ming was crowned as the general of the Xiao Cavalry, and he served as the acting commander of the Guards Battalion, hoping to make persistent efforts to restore the combat strength of the Guards Battalion as soon as possible; Ge Yi and Yang Xiong respectively temporarily led Qinglong, and the Xuanwu team was in charge. Leader of the five grades of general Lu; Li Yuan was crowned the fourth general. Chin this. ”

Li Yuan and Ge Yi were stunned at the same time, they were going to the north, and Tao Yu also came to seal the official position, which was inevitably unexpected. The two bowed their heads at the same time, saluted, and said, "The last general will take the order!" ”

Wu Ming only felt that his heart was as disgusting as eating a mouthful of spoiled food, and he stood straight in place, never thanked or answered, and the eunuch didn't seem to see it, so he said straightforwardly: "Rank general, come and receive the official seal." ”

Yang Xiong, Li Yuan, and Ge Yi stepped forward one after another, received the general seal, and then thanked them and stood back where they came. After a long time, Wu Ming walked up to the eunuch in front of everyone's aggressive gaze, and the eunuch's hands trembled. action, also hesitated.

Commander of the Guards Battalion, this is a very sensitive position, and even though it is separated by a thick layer of red cloth, Wu Ming can feel that this general seal is even much larger than Li Yuan's Sipin General Seal. He took the seal from the eunuch's hand. Just as he was about to turn his head and walk, he heard Tao Yu suddenly sigh softly, and then said, "Lord Wu, can you listen to me say a few words?" ”

Her voice was almost close to pleading, Wu Ming's heart sank, and he involuntarily stood at his feet, and said in his mouth: "Does the Queen Mother have any instructions?" ”

Tao Yu sighed faintly from the sedan chair, and then said, "You all go down, I'll say a few words to Lord Wu." The palanquin men and eunuchs agreed, and then retreated far away, in the middle of the whole field, only Wu Ming and a lonely sedan chair stayed in the rain, Tao Yu waited for everyone to go far, and then said slowly: "Lord Wu, it seems that you are still blaming me?" ”

"The last general will not dare!"

"You don't dare, in fact, you still blame me in your heart, it's just that Master Wu, do you know that although I revealed this condition to Xiaoyi, I didn't force her to ......"

Wu Ming resisted the urge to scold, but said coldly: "Niangniang, you get along with Xiaoyi day and night, you should know her temper, you relayed Liao Sheng's request to her, isn't this a deliberate attempt to send her to the tiger's mouth?" ”

There was silence in the sedan chair, and after a long while, Tao Yu's voice came: "Wu Ming, you must know that even if we don't agree to this condition at that time, the other party will definitely attack, and when the time comes, everyone will be waiting for the same end." ”

She suddenly called Wu Ming's name, obviously a little annoyed, Wu Ming held back the pain in his heart, turned his head, gritted his teeth and said: "Even if I die, I won't let Xiaoyi be humiliated......"

Before he could finish speaking, Tao Yu had already screamed in a sharp voice: "Lord Wu, you said it very easily, if you die, who wouldn't?" It's just, you look at the brother behind you, is it worth it? What did you promise Your Highness? How to do it? And the little spirit who is far away in Kyoto and doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, what should I do? Her voice was fast and urgent, but it was very quiet, if it weren't for the image, it would have been scolded loudly.

Wu Ming was speechless by what she said, and after listening to Tao Yu, he didn't know what it was like. For Tao Yu, he actually can't say that he hates it, but he just feels angry and angry. If it weren't for Tao Yu, it is estimated that the entire team would have died in the Qingting. Then he and Xiaoyi are naturally inescapable. But if he was killed by Liao Sheng, he would not be as painful as he is now.

Tao Yu sighed again and said, "Actually, maintaining peace on the surface is not only beneficial to the Qingting side. And we, in the current situation, do not want to have a stalemate with the Qingting side. So no matter what, there is only the sacrifice of Xiaoyi. ”

Wu Ming didn't reply, just stood dumbfounded, although his left hand was holding the seal of the commander of the guard battalion, his right hand was holding the hilt of the Chixiao sword, looking west, his five fingers were white......

Tao Yu arrived this time, and he was very well prepared, and even the boat behind Li Yuan and Ge Yi was ready. The boat was not very big, hidden behind the big boat where Tao Yu traveled, and in the sound of "take care" and "cherish" from everyone, Li Yuan and Ge Yi jumped on the boat. With a shout from the boatmen above, they raised their masts and spread their white sails. Wu Ming was taken aback, but he didn't expect that this ship was still a sailboat, and it was also a dhow.

In winter, the wind blows from the northwest, but the spinnaker is just right for headwind. When the sail was full of the wind, it puffed up, and the white lang in front of the bow could be heard, and the boat rode the wind through the lang, and in a cloud of smoke and rain, it gradually drifted away until it was gone.

Take care, I hope to see each other next time, it is a friend and not an enemy, Wu Ming didn't turn his head until the sailboat was far away, but his heart was even more dazed.

※※※ The order for promotion came down, and the entire Guards Battalion was jubilant, and among the more than 100 surviving Guards Battalion soldiers this time, more or less they were rewarded, and everyone was naturally happy.

The eunuch who read the reward stood at the door of the "Guards Palace" and read the names of one person after another in a sharp voice, and the warrior who called the name stepped forward and received a new official reward. After the reward, although the number of the Guards Battalion is still one hundred and seven, the framework is basically complete.

Wu Ming is now temporarily taking the position of commander of the guards battalion, and the position of commander was not so easy to obtain, but now it is in an extraordinary period, and he is in a hurry, and no one has said anything. For the rest, Yang Xiong took over the Xuanwu team, the Qinglong team was Ge Yi who had already gone to the north, and Tian Hong's kid ascended to heaven in one step and became the head of the White Tiger team, and his mouth was crooked. As for the Suzaku team, Lei Fei'er is now in Kyoto, there is no news, Tao Yu's edict is not arranged, and she obviously acquiesces to her Suzaku team.

At present, there is no deputy in each team, and there are arrangements below the squad leader, and they are all promoted from more than 100 soldiers. It's just that in this way, the centripetal force of the Guards Battalion is unprecedentedly unified, but the overall Su zhì has lowered the boss by a cut, and I don't know if it's good or bad.

Wu Ming quietly knelt in the hall, listening to the eunuch tirelessly read. But he was thinking in his heart: "It seems that yesterday, Tao Yu's reward was just a formalism, and its main purpose was to shake the minds of Ge Yi and Li Yuan. Her trick was a good one, giving an empty promise, but it also made Li Tie in the north uncomfortable for a long time. It seems that Li Tie and Tao Yu did not necessarily have the upper hand in this confrontation. ”

Just thinking about it, suddenly a person pushed a wheelchair, got out, and said loudly: "Don't give a reward to your subordinates, ask your subordinates to find another source." The eunuch who was reciting Yi's decree was stunned, as if he didn't expect that someone would refuse the reward. Wu Ming fixed his eyes and saw that this person was none other than Zuo Ying.

Left Shadow's legs are useless, and he has been silent all the way. When he arrived in Nanning, Wu Ming almost forgot about him. Tao Yu obviously remembered him and gave him the position of a team leader, but according to Zuo Ying's physical condition, he was almost charity.

Wu Ming didn't care about any etiquette, so he stood up and said, "Xiaoying, what are you doing here?" ”

"My lord, I am also dragging everyone back when I stay in the guard camp now, I think about it, I still have to use this brain, I want to ask you to introduce me, and I will become a staff member under the account of Lord Zhu, and I hope that my lord will be successful."

He was now pushing a wheelchair, his head was down, and he didn't know the specific expression, Wu Ming listened to him finish. stunned: "Xiaoying, the staff is not so easy to be. You just stay in the camp, there are all the brothers to take care of, everyone lives and dies together, and I am relieved. ”

Zuo Ying was silent for a long time, and suddenly said coldly: "Live and die together? If you can't do it, don't make random promises, for fear that it will make people's hearts colder. Poor, Sister Xiaoyi didn't see your true face......" After saying this, he lowered his head, but his whole body trembled like a willow in the wind, obviously very excited in his heart.

Wu Ming was silent and didn't reply, took a few steps, and looked at the winter rain outside the window. said lightly: "Xiaoying, I promise you that I will send you to Governor Zhu tomorrow, hoping that you can show your strengths over there." ”

Outside the window, the wind and rain were rushing, but that day, it became more and more gloomy. But Wu Ming knew that behind the dark clouds, there was the sun, the moon, and the blue sky.

Perhaps, Tao Yu is right, everyone looks at the problem from a different angle, and the answers they get are also different. What is the difference between himself and Tao Yu and Zuo Ying to himself? ”

He gently pulled out the red night, then lifted it, pointing to the west. Akayo was no different from before, still shining with golden light, like a small sun, dazzling everyone's eyes in the room.

"Xiaoyi, no matter what you say, I must repay this hatred of taking my wife, so that you can be at peace under Jiuquan." He looked at Chixiao's sword body and thought silently.