"This kid makes the eldest brother so angry that he doesn't want to come to our house again." Mrs. Huang complained again.

Mrs. Huang's elder brother Jinshi was born and felt that he had an obligation to teach his niece as a member of his mother's family, so that she could return to the right path in line with the social atmosphere. He told his niece that the noble family should set an example for the people of the world, especially pay attention to behavior, and not bring a bad example to the people of the world, but everyone could see that Miss Huang didn't listen to these words at all. In the end, Lord Zhao said to his niece bitterly: These actions fell into the ears of Yu Shi, and Yu Shi would inevitably impeach Huang Shi and punish him. As a daughter, how can she bear to let her father suffer shame and loss?

These words touched Miss Huang a lot at that time, and Mrs. Huang also saw the unusual look of worry and deep thinking on her daughter's face at that time, but ...... But this only lasted until Huang Shi came home, and after her daughter talked to Huang Shi, Mrs. Huang saw her daughter relapse again, and proudly told her mother and uncle: "Dad said that he doesn't care about this little money." ”

Mrs. Li persuaded with good words: "Jun'er, you are not the daughter of an ordinary family. Even ordinary people, the daughter's in-laws have to be picked by the father......"

"Her dad doesn't pick it." Mrs. Huang said angrily: "Her father said that whichever one her daughter chooses, it will be whichever one her daughter chooses." I've seen a spoiled daughter, but I've never seen her father spoil like this. ”

"Don't you just see you every day?" Mrs. Li made fun of her sister, then turned to Miss Huang and said, "You are not too young, it's time for your mother to worry." Spend some effort to learn some female popularity, and when you get married, you won't make your in-laws laugh. Jun'er, first make amends to your mother, and then come and sit down. ”

After Miss Huang sat down, Mrs. Li said, "Actually, I think that child of the Jin family is quite good, the best." Even if Jun'er doesn't like it, aren't the children of the He family and the Yang family married? They have not spoken to your father, but who knows what is in their hearts? ”

"Yes, I know the roots, and my family is also solid, so I won't let Jun'er suffer." Mrs. Huang said: "I also think that the children of the Jin family have good character and a great future, and that Xu Ping doesn't even have a career yet?" Officers of all levels who had been ordered to come to the Evergreen Battalion arrived outside the camp one after another. As a newly established battalion, the Changqing Battalion is still empty now, and there are only some guards brought by Zhang Chengye in the battalion. However, the Forces nouvelles have already allocated personnel to the battalion, and when the camp is ready, the soldiers will be sent from the new barracks. Zhang Chengye ordered the officers and non-commissioned officers of all units to inspect the barracks and storerooms first, and start accepting new recruits tomorrow. Xu Ping accompanied Zhang Chengye to inspect the facilities, and after everything was done, the tired Zhang Chengye took Xu Ping and another adjutant, Wu Zhong, the commander of the Changqing Battalion, back to the Chinese military tent, and then he had time to introduce the two of them.

Zhang Chengye took off his helmet and threw it on the table, wiping the sweat from his forehead while beckoning Xu Ping and Wu Zhong to sit down.

Wu Zhong is called Ziyu, who is older than Xu Ping, and looks about thirty. In the new army, it is very rare to be able to sit in this position at this age, except for Jin Shentong, Xu Ping has never seen a battalion officer or deputy battalion officer in his early twenties.

Jin Shentong is the son of Jin Qiude, who is in a high position at a young age, to a large extent, because of his father's light, Xu Ping doesn't know what Wu Zhong on the other side is. He secretly thought in his heart that if the other party was self-made like himself, he should be a very remarkable character.

It stands to reason that Xu Ping should be polite, but Xu Ping really hasn't heard of the character Wu Zhong, and he doesn't want to talk nonsense. Therefore, he apologized to Wu Zhongzhong, and then said honestly: "I am lonely and unheard, and I hope that Brother Wu will forgive his sins." ”

Wu Zhong didn't think it was wrong, and said with a smile: "Keqin doesn't know what I should do, if I insist on knowing, it would be polite." ”

Zhang Chengye also laughed and explained to Xu Ping: "Ziyu's father is very famous, and he has shared weal and woe with Hou Ye for many years, and Ziyu's name was also given by Hou Ye himself." Keqin: You have read "Wu's Art of War" in the teaching team, do you remember who wrote it? ”

The Art of War is one of several textbooks for the teaching team, which records the battles that Huangshi experienced when he set up troops from Changsheng Island. It includes pre-battle predictions, marching reconnaissance, temporary deployment, and battlefield decisions, as well as explanations of the reasons for various military decisions in the form of questions and answers, which is very valuable first-hand information. After hearing Zhang Chengye's words, Xu Ping was surprised and delighted, and asked excitedly: "It turned out to be Brother Wu's Ling Zun, it's really disrespectful." ”

Wu Zhong on the other side had already nodded with a smile: "It's the first father." ”

The three of them talked for a while, and also talked about the issue of the military flag of the Evergreen Battalion, according to the custom, the battalion flag should have an animal as a symbol. Xu Ping proposed using eagles as the logo of the Evergreen Battalion, and he had always been surprised that the battalions used rhinos, hippos and even crabs and pangolins, but no eagles were used.

But Zhang Chengye shook his head with a smile, and Wu Zhong also smiled: "This battalion emblem is really inconvenient to use in the new army......

The reason for the inconvenience lies in the fire battalion, since the emblem of the fire battalion is a snake, then the other battalions cannot use eagles.

Cao Yun also reported to the Changqing camp, and when chatting at night, he asked Xu Ping carefully: "Little lady Zhao and General Jin that day, what happened?" ”

Xu Ping's face immediately sank, and he said coldly: "General Jin happens to know ...... Get to know her house. ”

"Oh?" Cao Yun waited for Xu Ping's next words, and after half a day passed, he saw that Xu Ping had no intention of continuing to tell, so he couldn't help but ask again: "Zhao Xiaoniang's mansion is also Hou Ye's subordinate?" ”

"It's not." Xu Ping replied quickly, and then closed his mouth tightly.

Cao Yun stared at Xu Ping for a moment, and said helplessly: "Forget it, if you don't want to say it, it's just...... It's just that you're still going to drink with General Kim? When I broke up in the restaurant yesterday, I originally said that I wanted to get together again. ”

"I'll talk about it when I'm done with this." Xu Ping replied stiffly, but felt that something was wrong, so he added: "The relationship between General Jin and Zhao Xiaoniang is a world friend, and there is nothing else." ”

"Oh...... Is it? Cao Yun widened his eyes and lengthened his tone.

"Yes." Xu Ping said categorically, and then never said a word more.

At dinner in the evening, Yu Shenhe and the others gathered around Xu Ping as always, but they looked at Xu Ping's eyes a little abnormally, and they didn't mention anything about yesterday's events.

When the partners were chatting, Xu Ping was full of thoughts. I remember that after coming out of the gate of Zhao's Mansion that day, Jin Shentong inadvertently revealed his thoughts: "I'm not afraid of Brother Xu's jokes, I already have a heart." And Jin Shentong had such a gentle smile on his face. Now, these have become a heavy boulder in Xu Ping's heart.

The next half month was an unusually busy period, and Xu Ping was always in the battalion to assist Zhang Chengye in reorganizing the new army. After half a month of training, the Evergreen Battalion and the other four newly established battalions were pulled out for exercise, while the old firefighting, Panshi, and Xuanfeng battalions, as well as the senior officers of the direct guard, came to watch. The drill lasted for another three days, and on the last day, although Zhang Chengye didn't say anything, anyone could see the pride in his heart.

Taking advantage of a free opportunity, Yu Shenhe slipped to Xu Ping's side and whispered to him: "Lord Xu, is there any news of sending troops from above?" ”

Xu Ping also had similar doubts in his heart, the last graduation drill of the recruits cost thousands of taels of silver, and it was not long before this larger-scale exercise was organized, and the urgency of the Supreme Command of the New Army can be seen.

"I haven't heard of it yet." Xu Ping nodded to Yu Shenhe, lowered his voice and said, "But I think so too, I'm afraid that when the weather is cool in autumn, our army will make a big move." ”

The Evergreen Battalion is far ahead of the five new battalions, and the officers and non-commissioned officers in the battalion have been able to control the soldiers well. However, what made Xu Ping a little disappointed was that Huang Shi did not come to see this exercise, and I heard that he left the Beijing Division to go on a business trip, but it was a military secret, and an officer of Xu Ping's level did not know. The rank of the officers who came to inspect this time was still very impressive, and all the senior generals were present.

Unlike He Baodao and Jia Minghe, who were high-ranking generals who were engrossed, the three battalion officers who came to watch were quite leisurely, and they just needed to have a general understanding of the combat effectiveness of these little brother battalions, so as to facilitate their cooperation on the battlefield in the future. By the third day, the reality of the five battalions had been completely in their eyes, and Wang Qinian, the battalion officer of the fire battalion, paced to He Ma's side and asked with a smile, "How?" Are you still dissatisfied with Master Hou's arrangement? ”

He Ma closed his mouth tightly and said nothing, Wang Qinian said teasingly: "I think this evergreen camp is no worse than your selection camp, right?" ”

Hearing this, He Ma's face suddenly showed anger, Wang Qinian laughed, and said, "It's just a joke, but the other four battalions are probably not as good as half of Changqing." ”

Homer said coldly: "Of course, this is Zhang Nanshan's credit. ”

Wang Qinian smiled slightly: "It's even more because Xu Keqin is very popular with the military heart of the Evergreen Battalion." ”

Homer said indignantly: "He is a hairy boy, and his qualifications are shallower than that of several Qianzong of the Evergreen Battalion......"

"Of course, but every soldier has heard of his name, and just like when we were young, they respect heroes and love heroes." Wang Qinian's smile remained unchanged: "Many people regard Keqin as an idol, even in my fire camp, when those juniors mention him, they are all spitting, and their admiration is overflowing." ”

"It's just a few superficial names, not to mention ......" He Ma secretly looked at He Baodao in front of him, and muttered in a low voice: "Lord Hou doesn't approve of Lord He's handling either." ”

Wang Qinian knew that He Ma's son was almost the same as Xu Ping, and he was still a small staff officer under Jin Qiude, and it was also for the sake of his father's face that he had served for Zhendong Hou for decades since Guangning, of course Wang Qinian would not say anything about it: "Brother He, do you know that among the three hundred fruits of Changqing, how many of them participated in the Battle of Texas?" ”

Without waiting for Homer to speak, Wang Qinian replied for him: "One hundred and forty-six!" Eighty-five of them were hand-drawn by Xu Keqin. Forty percent of the total number was personally promoted by him, and there was even a thousand generals who were promoted and promoted to officers by him from the clerk. One-third of the soldiers of the Evergreen Battalion have fought under the banner of Xu Keqin, and they are all veterans of the Evergreen Battalion. ”

After seeing He Zhong's suspicion, Wang Qinian smiled and said: "This is what Zhang Nanshan said to me personally, where can there be any fault?" Now you know why Zhang Nanshan wants him, right? When other battalions were still busy getting acquainted with the officers and soldiers, Zhang Nanshan was already able to control the whole battalion, which was of course the credit of Xu Keqin. ”

Homer was silent for a moment, shook his head, and said, "It's too exaggerated, these people should be scattered." ”

"Of course it should be dispersed, I don't have a few of my subordinates, and I personally pulled the chief and fruit chief. But ......" Wang Qinian nodded at first, but then shook his head again: "This time the troops are too urgent, and the matter is urgent, and if you want to disperse, you have to wait until you return to the division, otherwise you will ......"

Wang Qinian pointed to several other battalions: "It's really unreassuring to be like them." ”

After the exercise on the morning of the fourth day, He Baodao met with the commanders of the battalions, and the most prominent person at the summing up meeting was, of course, Zhang Chengye, and Xu Ping and Wu Zhong were also highly commended.

After the interview, Xu Ping was about to return to the camp when he saw Wu Zhong walking towards him, followed by two subordinates. One of these two people is named Huo Yuan, and the other is named Wang Yuan, the former is a thousand presidents, and the latter is a deputy thousand presidents, both of whom are the sons of generals like Wu Zhong, and they can always be seen with Wu Zhong.

"It's really hard," Wu Zhong called out affectionately, and asked with a grin, "Is Keqin free right now?" ”

"Free, is there anything wrong with Ziyu?" Xu Ping nodded to the two people behind Wu Zhong and greeted politely: "Brother Huo, Brother Zhang." ”

"Excellent." Wu Zhong did not hesitate, and immediately explained the purpose and discernment: "Today is the mother's martyrdom day of the little prince of the Hou Ye, a few of us plan to go to congratulate the county lord's mother, would you like to go with us?" ”

Xu Ping hesitated and said, "Brother Wu, my status is low, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it?" ”

"Where would it be inappropriate? The dignified commander of the Evergreen Battalion. Wu Zhong laughed and said, "The county lord's mother also mentioned your name, let's go, let's go and congratulate the county lord's mother." ”

In Xu Ping's heart, reason told him that he should find a reason to politely decline the invitation, do his job well, and not get involved in complicated interpersonal relationships. It's just that since Shaobaolou said goodbye, Xu Ping hasn't thought about Miss Huang for a moment in the past ten days, and the more there is no news, the more uneasy he is in his heart. Another voice whispered in Xu Ping's ear: "What if...... If you can enter the Hou Mansion, you may be able to meet Miss Huang. ”

Wu Zhong in front of him was still smiling, only to hear him continue: "We have made a special trip to invite you to go with us, as a subordinate of Lord Hou, it is not too much to congratulate his old man on a festive day, right?" ”

Reason is still trying to persuade Xu Ping to go back to the camp, think about the work that should be done tomorrow, and at least don't rush into it until you see the stakes. But the voice became weaker and weaker, and the opposite voice became louder and louder, and it also shouted in Xu Ping's other ear: "If you refuse the invitation of your colleagues, it will be very detrimental to your future work." Whether it's public or private, you should go with them, isn't it just to congratulate them, what's the big deal? ”

"Okay." Xu Ping finally nodded and said, "Brother Wu, it's all up to you to introduce the younger brother." ”

"What's that?" Wu Zhong smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go, it's not early, we're going to be late." ”

The four of them walked side by side for a short time, and a group of officers from several other battalions joined, except for Xu Ping, these people were all disciples of the generals without exception, and they greeted each other with smiles and faces, all to congratulate the son of the Marquis of Zhendong on his birthday.

When Xu Ping was dealing with these people, two more people came to him, one of whom was Jin Shentong.

Jin Shentong didn't even glance at this large group of people, and when he walked to Xu Ping, he only nodded at Wu Zhong next to him expressionlessly, and then turned his gaze to Xu Ping, and introduced him to the same person with a spring breeze: "Brother Xu, this is Brother He, the second son of Lord He, the commander of the Jingjin Battalion, Brother He." Just now he came to me to ride a horse, and I said that if I didn't call Brother Xu, this horse would be meaningless to ride. ”

He Baodao's son hugged his fist at Xu Ping and said with a smile: "Brother Xu is really talented, he helped Master Zhang to straighten out the Changqing camp so well, our battalion was completely compared, and he was convinced, convinced." ”

Before Xu Ping could speak, Wu Zhong told Jin Shentong on his behalf: "Brother Xu can't go." ”

Jin Shentong moved his gaze to Wu Zhong's face and said lightly, "What advice does Brother Wu have?" ”

Wu Zhong replied briefly: "I have something to do with us." ”

Jin Shentong asked reluctantly, "What's the matter?" ”

"We said that we would go to the Hou Mansion together, today is the birthday of the little prince of Hou, and we are going to say goodbye."

Jin Shentong sneered and turned his gaze back to Xu Ping's face, and He Gongzi interjected: "Master Hou said that no one is allowed to celebrate his family's birthday, and he will talk about it as soon as he talks about it. ”

"So we didn't bring any congratulations, we just went to the house to say a word, and left after saying a word." Wu Zhong asked indignantly, "Don't Brother He think this is not okay?" ”

Jin Shentong ignored Wu Zhong and just asked Xu Ping, "Brother Xu, are you going to ride with us?" ”

There was silence around, Xu Ping felt as if everyone's eyes were on him all at once, and he apologized to Jin Shentong: "Brother Jin, I have already agreed, next time I will go to Brother Jin to ride a horse." ”

"Whatever, Brother Xu, you don't like horseback riding anyway." Jin Shentong responded lazily, and said while turning away with Gongzi He: "But don't say that Brother He didn't remind you - Master Hou doesn't like this kind of thing." ”

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