On this day, it snowed again, and it fluttered and sprinkled between the heavens and the earth, forcing the morning sun to be gloomy. So Empress Dowager Sun had no choice but to move slowly in the corridor under the service of the slaves, but she could not perform the square dance taught to her by Ding Yi. But the class of musicians who were waiting to play music did not dare to leave, who knows if the snow will stop after a while? Who knows if the Empress Dowager will be particularly interested? So even if you don't have a mouthful of hot soup in the morning, you can only wait honestly.

Fortunately, there was a rush of footsteps in the corridor, and the musicians who were good at music couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they listened to it—they had excellent hearing, or how could they have known if they had gone out of tune? Many people heard that it was Xiao Qiang's father-in-law's footsteps, Xiao Qiang came over so early in the morning, there must be something to do, and Empress Dowager Sun was naturally impatient with these musicians staying here.

Sure enough, as soon as Xiao Qiang came over, he gasped and didn't salute, but the Empress Dowager Sun waved her hand, and naturally a female official in the palace said to those musicians: "Okay, you can go." When those musicians kowtowed and saluted and left, the surrounding female officials naturally avoided them from a distance at the signal of the Empress Dowager Sun, one was to warn unrelated people to break in, and the other was that they didn't want to know too many royal secrets.

"For example, the young master of Jin took thirty or forty people, waited at the city gate before dawn, one person and three horses, and rushed north as soon as the city gate was opened, it seems that he still took the direction of the iron gate." Xiao Qiang knelt to do something, his head was steaming, but he didn't dare to wipe the sweat that flowed, not everyone was Ding Yi, and he had the honor of acting freely in front of the emperor and Empress Dowager Sun.

"Well, he's a good boy." Empress Dowager Sun nodded and said. The face that still has charm is full of maternal brilliance, and it is a little heartfelt. For the pride of the younger generations, "not only loyal, but also brave, the so-called Zhao Zilong of Changbanpo is a gall." From the point of view of the mourning family, there may not be such a heroic atmosphere as Jin! ”

"Niang Niang Shengming!" Xiao Qiang kowtowed, but said again. "Yesterday, Young Master Rujin went to the military department, saying that before he died, he begged Mr. Yu not to teach others to interfere in the second division of the Ming Dynasty. Don't make people short of the salary of the second division of the Ming Dynasty. He hesitated, but finally said truthfully, "I also went to the palace and met my grandfather." I don't know what I gave to my grandfather. Later, his grandfather persuaded him to go back to Guangxi. For example, the young master of Jin was unwilling, saying that he would leave Beijing and go north today, as the vanguard of the second division of the Ming Dynasty, and at the end of January, the rest of the second division of the Ming Dynasty went out to meet him, and his grandfather advised him not to be too stubborn, such as the young master of Jin said that the king wanted the minister to die, and the minister had to die, but the 20,000 red guys were innocent. Why should they die together? If the news of his death comes before the end of January, he will ask his grandfather to accuse him of being stubborn. There is a way to take death, and there is no need to involve others. ”

Empress Dowager Sun sat in the corridor on the brocade pier moved by the palace people and listened, smiled slightly, opened her mouth to call, and a female official hurriedly took small steps over, Empress Dowager Sun signaled to her, after the female palace went down, she quickly brought a bowl of ginseng soup up, as usual, she first filled a small bowl with a little, tried non-toxic, and then served it to Empress Dowager Sun.

"This kid is too stupid, dedicated to the country, the emperor really treats this courtier too thinly, the Ming Dynasty is rich all over the world, except for Rujin, no one will fight?" As she spoke, she used the ginseng soup, and after a while, she spoke again, "Is there anything else to do?" Your news is too ill-informed, the mourning family is watching, do you want to change to a young man, with diligent feet and legs. ”

Xiao Qiang kowtowed again and again when he listened, and said blindly: "The slave should die!" Damn the minions! He understood that the Empress Dowager Sun was afraid that the information he had collected was not enough, so he searched his stomach and scraped his stomach, and he couldn't wait to tell the slave maid in Ding Yifu who stole a piece of cooking cake for his younger brother who came to visit relatives.

It wasn't until he remembered that Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng lent Ding Yi those firecrackers and grenades, and hurriedly said it, that Empress Dowager Sun put a small bowl of ginseng soup and said to him coldly: "Okay, people of such an age, they are shocked, the mourning family just pity you for many years, if you are willing to wait in the palace, then you can do it." By the way, if Jin Du feels that he is going to die for the country, what are he going to do with a hundred horses and thirty or forty elites? ”

Xiao Qiang was excited, it turned out that the problem was here, so he didn't dare to wipe the blood oozing from his forehead, he lowered his head and thought about it, the forehead that was broken and the skin was cracked, and a drop of blood fell in front of him, and after thinking for a long time, he finally raised his head and said: "Young Master Rujin not only brought thirty or forty horses, but even the British Duke also brought him with him!" ”

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager Sun covered her mouth and laughed, stretched out her hand slightly, and a female palace came to help her stand up, only the Empress Dowager Sun smiled and said: "Rujin is really a loyal martyr, good!" Not only is his own family brave and loyal, but he is also a disciple, and he does not hesitate to die for his country! It turned out that this is the case, you go down, pass on the mourning family Yizhi, Zhang Yu, the British Princess, together with the female officials in the palace, escorted by you with brocade guards, and go down to Wuzhou together to pick up the Liu family and the Xiao family to the Beijing Division, no matter what, the family of the loyal martyrs, the court always has to give some decency. ”

This is not decent, it is to listen to the British government clearly stand with Ding Yi, so Zhang Mao's sister Zhang Yu, who is in charge of all kinds of affairs, has restricted her personal freedom in disguise, not only taught her to travel thousands of miles, but also imprisoned her and Ding Yi's wife and concubine, just waiting for the news of Ding Yi's death to come, then it is very likely that Zhang Yu and Liu Yiyi, Tianzhi, were killed by the mountain bandits together, and then accompanied the county or Tongzhi to carry the black pot, and simply shoveled it up.

Despite the extreme wind and snow, Yang Shousui still rushed to the camp of the second division of the Ming Dynasty before noon, and after Zhu Dong who greeted him explained all the affairs, he had a bitter face, and was asked by Yang Shousui what was the trouble, Zhu Dong smiled bitterly: "Mr. taught me to go to Yuhe Bridge today to find a soup cake seller, this weather, who came out to sell soup cakes?" Well, I'll send the people below to check if there's a ......."

"The student thinks it's better for you to go in person, instructor." Although Yang Shousui is ten years younger than Zhu Dong, his eyes are very clear in this wind and snow, and his eyes are extremely clear, as if he can see through the wind and snow, "This matter is entrusted to the instructor, and I think I don't want to fake others." ”

There is no need to beat the drum again, at this mention, Zhu Dong woke up, and hurriedly thanked Yang Shousui, he was in charge of many affairs overnight, and he had to transfer his mount to the Sharp Blade Brigade, and he had to count the inventory, and then sent people to call Li Yuncong, otherwise, how to extract those equipment? Then I had to come over to the second division of the Ming Dynasty to sit in the town in case of a camp roar; I was still thinking about how to make the brothers of the Yamen of the Security Bureau below prepare to break up the whole and other affairs, and I was really busy and dizzy.

However, relatively speaking, Zhu Dong's qualifications are not very outstanding, he and Hu Shan's five people, except for Hu Shan, do not necessarily have much talent, because at that time, Ding Yi had no room to choose, and he didn't have any reputation, he was completely white, and only the five of them came to take refuge, so when it came to talent, he was really not as good as Yang Shousui among the thousands of academy students, outstanding talents.

The young Yang Shou looked at Zhu Dong who was spurring his horse to gallop away in the wind and snow, and subconsciously shook his head, he felt that it seemed that Instructor Zhu had the courage and the ability to kill people and run errands, but his ability to make decisions and plan was still to be discussed. At this time, the personnel of the Sharp Blade Brigade who stayed in the Second Division of the Master, as well as the instructors transferred from the security yamen, all rushed over to him and asked him what to do next. However, for Yang Shousui, he didn't have a panicked look.

You must know that he entered the academy and studied for more than a year, that is, in the Rongcheng Academy, which is called the academy and is actually a junior military academy, he received a year of formal drill training, and then went to Miyun outside the Guanwai to follow Ding Yi into battle to fight in actual combat, and then from Guangxi to Yunnan, he was able to lead the troops to fight; He went to Rongcheng from Yunnan to replace Wang Yue, but he also took care of the Rongchang workshop in an orderly manner.

So he knew what was going on, and at the moment he listened to the questions of those new training instructors, and casually assigned their messengers, but in a quarter of an hour, nearly 400 new training instructors, including Liu Ji's subordinates who brought more than a dozen account keepers who supported grain and grass, and more than 20 medical soldiers he calmly received, were all assigned in an orderly manner.

The so-called difficult people will not, and those who will will not be difficult, but it is roughly like this, the errand that gave Zhu Dong a headache all the way is so simple in his hands. After the assignment stopped, a few young people who were close to Zhu Dong's age came over and surrounded him: "There are some things that we haven't figured out, Xiao Yang, your brain is easy to use, how about chatting together?" ”

"Nope." Yang Shousui refused very directly, "You all entered Mr. at the same time as Instructor Zhu Dong, and the students know it; You were also outside Maoerzhuang back then, and you participated in Mr. Ying's rescue of Taishang, and the students were admired. But at this time, Mr. entrusted him with this heavy responsibility, and he really didn't have that time to chat, so I chatted with the instructors, forgive me. "He is blocking all the words, which means that these people should not be qualified in front of him, this thing does not work, Ding entrusts him with this matter, he is naturally the commander of the army here, and he will not make concessions because of seniority or anything.

"Yes, sir!" When the new instructors heard this, they immediately stood up and raised their hands in salute.

Yang Shou returned the salute with a raised hand, watching them leave quickly and disappear into the wind and snow.

He looked up at the wind and snow, the wind and snow that were roaring and raging between the heavens and the earth, the same was true inside the pass, and it should be more intense outside the pass.

It is not only the wind and snow, but also the iron hooves and swords and bows of the Tartars, as well as the hidden arrows and calculations from the pass, which is a completely lifeless game. The man who was majestic and tall in his heart, Yang Shousui knew that he would not bend down, even if he died: "What should I tell you?" At present, it is said that adhering to the will of Mr. and setting the rise of China is always too demoralizing......" He sighed silently. (To be continued......)