In front of the Qing army's sentry post, after the Qing army put Zhou Quan to Cheng En's self-report, he couldn't help but be shocked, the guards in the palace were all characters walking sideways in the capital, and most of them were wearing the yellow belt of the royal family and nobles, even his own boss, Admiral Chen Jinshou, saw these people, and he didn't dare to be contemptuous.

Thinking of this, Zhou Quan became even more respectful, bowed his waist and said with a smile: "If you have something urgent, please come with the small one, the big camp is still a few miles to the south, and the small one will guide you in front." If you are not in a hurry, get off the horse and have a sip of tea before leaving. "This Zhou Quan also has the eyesight, and he can see that these high-spirited imperial guards can't be offended, and he doesn't even look at their official photos.

Cheng En was very tired in the past two days, and he didn't set off with the evil fire in his stomach, he thought that if the sesame mung bean in front of him always had to see everyone's official photos, he would whip it down, who knew that this one was always slippery, so Cheng En had nowhere to get angry, so he snorted heavily and turned over and shouted: "Don't be verbose, you have urgent official business, hurry up and lead the way!" ”

Zhou Quan secretly sighed unlucky, he led the team to guard the card and did not meet the kind of good thing that Ma Laosan did, but he happened to meet these plague gods, so he had to laugh and say: "Okay, you are old and on the horse, and the little one will take you back to the camp." Then he turned back loudly and shouted: "Come on, go back to the camp first, report first, the good wine and food are ready, the gentlemen from the capital have arrived!" ”

A young guard behind Cheng En suddenly said: "Junior brother Ronglu, it is an old friend of Lord Qishan, I want to visit the old man again before returning to Beijing, don't bother the brothers, just find someone to guide us." This young man is Rong Lu, I saw his cold eyes staring at Zhou Quan, although he said politely, his eyes and tone did not allow others to refute. Zhou Quan couldn't help but shudder, and without thinking too much, he ordered one of his soldiers to lead the way and lead everyone to the camp.

Walk on the road. Cheng En asked Rong Lu in a low voice, "Brother, why don't you let them go back to the camp to report?" ”

Rong Lu said lightly: "Lord Sushun asked us to come to see the Jiangbei camp, this warrant is a secret order, if they get the report and prepare in advance, maybe we won't see anything." ”

Cheng En sighed and said: "So that's the case, then why don't we just make a private visit?" You still made us all wear official uniforms? ”

Rong Lu shook his head and said: "We can't enter the camp without wearing official uniforms, and if we show our horses' feet, our guards in Beijing will visit the Jiangbei camp privately, and those people in the officialdom are as good as monkeys, and everyone knows that someone in the capital wants to investigate them." My family has an old relationship with the elder Qishan, and it is also appropriate for the younger generation to visit the eldest adult. Entering in this way will not arouse suspicion. ”

Cheng En gave a thumbs up and said: "It's still thoughtful, it's really amazing that you can be so careful in the first few months of entering the officialdom." ”

Rong Lu smiled slightly and did not answer, but said secretly in his heart: "My adaptability is very strong. As long as I am willing to work hard, nothing will be difficult for me. ”

A series of several Qing army posts passed. All I saw were Qing troops hiding in the shade of trees. These Qiu Ba people are not neatly dressed, they either eat tea and fart, or gather to gamble, and when they see Rong Lu and the others, they can be considered a little restrained. Cheng En smiled and said in a low voice: "Damn, these green battalion soldiers are also easy to fight, and they are more idle than the men who are on errands in the palace." We have to hide and hide everything in the palace, how can we be like them? ”

Rong Lu laughed in a low voice: "This is what the saying goes, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and the imperial court can't control it." ”

Go to the north of the camp. A trench was dug here, and the back was built with earth and stones to form a camp wall, because it was facing Yangzhou, and the defense here was not as tight as facing the south. The suspension bridge made of wooden piles was put down, Rong Lu and others walked to the gate of the camp, and a thousand generals led soldiers to stop them, Rong Lu only said that Rong Lu, an ancient man in Beijing, came to visit the old man Qishan.

Mr. Qian didn't say much after looking at Rong Lu's official photos, and it seemed that he didn't want to offend these imperial guards from Beijing, so he let everyone in. After Rong Lu and the others entered the camp and dismounted, their own grooms came to pay for the horses, Rong Lu and Chengen left a few people to take care of the horses, and at the same time guarded the private property of several of them on the horses.

In this Jiangbei battalion, in addition to the soldiers patrolling back and forth, it is difficult to see a neatly dressed soldier, because the weather is hot, many soldiers gather in the shade of the trees, and the camp tent is stripped naked to enjoy the coolness, and even the soldiers on duty at the gun position also burrow under the gun barrel to hide from the cold. Rong Lu looked at this military appearance and secretly lamented, how can such a lax army be invincible?

Mr. Qian, who led the way, also saw it, and this person also understood in his heart, for fear that these Qiu Ba would be too embarrassed, so he picked up the leather whip and whipped it a few times, and shouted and scolded: "You lazy people, don't you give Lao Tzu up?" What the hell, what kind of grandson are you pretending?! ”

A group of soldiers bravely hugged their heads and scurried, and some of the more bold soldiers scolded angrily in the crowd: "Li Chong! You're a fucking Nanban Xiang baby! Don't think that Chen Junmen exalts you, you are a fart in the eyes of Lao Tzu! Lao Tzu is Lord Lei's soldier, don't eat your set! That Qian Zong Li was furious, and chased after him to be whipped with leather, and those soldiers scattered in a hurry, Li Chong had no choice but to turn back and continue walking.

Rong Lu stepped forward and asked Mr. Li Chongdao in a low voice, "Brother Li, is it?" ”

That Li Chong bowed slightly and said, "Don't dare to be." ”

Rong Lu smiled: "Brother Li turned out to be from Hunan, why is Beijing so fluent?" ”

Li Chong sighed lightly and said: "The villain is a native of Changsha, Hunan, who went to Beijing to take the exam several times in his early years, but failed to reach high school, and he also learned Beijing dialect when he was in the capital for a long time. ”

Rong Lu sighed and said in surprise: "Then why didn't Brother Li continue the scientific expedition?" Instead, he gave up his pen and went from Rong? ”

Li Chong shook his head and said: "Last year, the villain was exhausted in the capital, so he had to go back to his hometown to raise money, but he didn't want to make trouble in the township. Later, the long-haired thief captured Changsha, Lord Luo and the villain escaped from the provincial capital, wanting to gather reinforcements to counterattack, but did not want to be defeated, Lord Luo was also removed from his post and investigated, and the villain was classified into the Hubei Green Camp. At the beginning of the year, Wuchang was lost, the villain was reorganized with the defeated army, and the Zuihou court sent soldiers from five provinces in Jiangbei to aid Jiangning, and the villain was assigned to Chen Junmen here. ”

Rong Lu sighed and sighed lightly: "I didn't expect that Brother Li had such a lot of fate. Then Chen Junmen is the commander of the Zhili Army, Chen Jinshou and Lord Chen? ”

Li nodded and said, "Yes, it's Lord Chen." ”

Rong Lu nodded, closed his eyes and recalled the life of this Chen Jinshou, this Chen Jinshou is a native of Yuechi, Sichuan, who was from the Tianli Sect and the bandits, awarded the general, and accumulated merit to the capital. At the beginning of Daoguang, he returned to Xinjiang from the conquest, broke the thief in Jiagarai, gave the name Yiyong Baturu, and promoted the guerrilla camp of the dam camp. In thirteen years, the governor of Zhili, Qi Shan, was the coach of the division, and he was promoted to the deputy general of the Chinese army. When Qishan re-went out of the mountain to supervise the division and suppress the long-haired thief, Chen Jinshou led his department to 3,000 followers, this person can be said to be Qishan's old subordinate, and he is a habitual general who has been fighting for many years.

Turning around a barracks, I saw a private house here, which was originally a post station outside Guazhou, and when the Jiangbei camp was established, it was also included in the camp. A street between the post houses is extremely lively, and there is a street market here, but the stalls and buyers are all Qing soldiers in the camp.

Rong Lu was a little stunned, only to see that these stalls were set up in a good manner, some sold fresh melons and fruits, some sold cloth and tea, and some set up gambling stalls to gather people to gamble money, as well as tea shops to tell stories and sing small songs, in short, there are all kinds of things, and the bosses of the vendors seem to be the generals of one side, either the deputy general, or the guerrillas.

Those who came and went were brave soldiers in the army, and they used their money to buy melons and fruits to eat, or gambled at gambling stalls. What's more, when Rong Lu and the others came over, a squinted soldier walked over with a yawn and whispered: "This man, do you want fresh Fushou ointment?" Shanghai goods, absolutely delicious. ”

Li Dazhong shouted angrily: "You don't look at the dog things that don't have eyes, these are the guards from the capital!" ”

That soldier was not afraid at all, sniffed and snorted, "What's the big deal? Before Lao Tzu fell, he was also a brother and brother with a group of yellow belts in the capital, the imperial guard? Lao Tzu has seen a lot, who the fuck doesn't love this thing of Fushou cream? ”

Rong Lu smiled slightly, turned back to Cheng En and said, "I see that a few brothers are also addicted to smoking, so you can let the brothers go and have a look, if the price is right, you might as well have a good time." ”

Cheng En's eyes widened and he whispered, "It's not appropriate." ”

Rong Lu snorted and said, "Don't think I don't know, a few of them carry cigarette paste with them, and you and I don't touch that thing among these people." ”

Cheng En nodded, turned back to a few guards behind him and said a few words, those guards happily stepped forward to buy Fushou ointment, it turned out that there were smoking smoke houses in the broken thatched houses of several post stations, it was really the biggest in the world, no wonder.

When the soldiers saw that these guards from the capital not only did not stop, but participated in it, they came forward to sell their goods. Rong Lu picked up a piece of jade, but saw that there were still Yin Hong's blood stains on it, and he didn't know where these Qiu Ba had robbed the goods, and even the blood was still on it after killing someone.

After perfunctory looking at some goods, Rong Lu and Cheng En finally broke through the encirclement of the soldiers and followed Li Zhong to the tent of Qi Shanshuai in the center of the camp. The soldiers here are very energetic, neatly dressed and all of them are standing straight, with bright swords and guns, and banners like forests, which are very different from the messy street market that Rong Lu and the others just passed.

Li Zhong arrived outside the camp tent and explained his intention to Goshha, who was guarding Qishan outside, Goshha turned his head to report to the account, and only after a while did he come out and shout loudly: "The big handsome is invited!" (To be continued.) )