Chapter Ninety-Nine: Song's Past
Hong Chuanting still knows a little about Song Chengxuan.
"Five years ago, the Japanese invaded Quanzhou, as you all know, the emperor ordered me to go to Quanzhou to supervise the war, and it was at that time that I met this boy from the Song family, and he was less than fourteen years old that year."
An Yihou naturally knew about this war, but he had never heard Hong Chuanting mention it, let alone Hong Chuanting met Song Chengxuan at that time.
Hong Chuanting said: "At that time, we had already used all our troops, and the loss of two coastal counties before dragging the Japanese invaders, but I did not expect that the Japanese and the pirates had already colluded, and more than a dozen warships came to increase the troops, if we let these people land, we would suffer from the enemy on our backs, and the top priority was to drag the Japanese reinforcements, and wait until our soldiers and horses would kill all the Japanese who landed on the shore, and then turn back to deal with the Japanese reinforcements, so that it was possible to win a victory."
It is a pity that the Fujian general army was passive and sluggish at that time, and with the soldiers and horses in our hands, we could not stop the warships of the Japanese at sea. ”
An Yihou nodded, "So I can only persuade the local people to fight the enemy together." ”
Hong Chuanting said, "That's exactly the case, but at that time the sailors had lost a lot, many ships could not go to sea, and it was so difficult to block the big ships of the Japanese from the sea, and I also felt that this battle had no chance of winning, fortunately there was no sea ban at that time, and there were merchants who could cross the sea to trade, and these merchants had some small merchant ships in their hands, so I had to ask the merchants for help, hoping to borrow boats and borrow people, so as to meet the enemy."
It was at that time that Shang Jia recommended to me a person who knew the topography of the nearby seas best, and if he helped, he might be able to hold the Japanese in a halt for a day and a half. ”
Speaking of this, Hong Chuanting thought of the past, and still had an unbelievable look on his face, "Where would I have thought that the person Shang Jia said was actually a teenager, I was very discouraged at the time, thinking that Shang Jia was perfunctory to me."
Later, I learned that this young man had traveled with the merchant fleet on weekdays, and he and several of his men were very familiar with pirates' large ships, and I had no choice but to ask the young man for help. ”
Guangping Hou said: "The young man you are talking about is Song Chengxuan. ”
"Naturally," Hong Chuanting continued, "Song Chengxuan is also willing to take someone there, I saw that he was still cautious and unbearable, so he thought clearly, this time he went to be a matter of death, and he also knew that I didn't trust him, so as long as there were some people, as the striker of this battle, even if he missed, I would have follow-up manpower to pick up, and this choice would hardly have any loss for me."
Although Song Chengxuan was still young, he persuaded me, I agreed, and promised him that as long as he could come back, he would definitely recommend him to enter the military camp in the future. ”
Guangping Hou was a little surprised: "Could it be that he had the heart to serve the country at that time, and he didn't need anything." ”
Hong Chuanting shook his head and said, "He wants money, and I will give the silver after the matter is completed."
The things that can be solved with silver are the simplest things, but I know in my heart that Song Chengxuan is going to die.
As I had predicted, the battle was very difficult, but Song Chengxuan also held back the reinforcements for a day, and I used the only men in my hands to fight those reinforcements for a whole day.
After two days, our army of the Great Zhou finally exterminated the Japanese on the shore and turned around to come to help. ”
Hong Chuanting breathed a sigh of relief after saying this.
Guangping Hou said: "It seems that Song Chengxuan is indeed a rare talent. ”
"Now it's just a matter of one sentence to mention victory or defeat," An Yihou frowned, "At that time, it was very difficult, in the face of those widows, all the people brought by Song Chengxuan were gone, right?" ”
Hong Chuanting nodded, he took a sip of tea before continuing, "The ship he brought with him sank a lot, and no one could find it, after this battle, I took people to find that kid for many days, and I thought that kid would not escape this catastrophe, and I was feeling sad in my heart, but that kid was helped to come to me for money."
It turned out that they met the frogmen of the Japanese that day, entangled in the sea for a long time, although Song Chengxuan killed those frogmen at the last moment, but he was almost swallowed by the sea, and finally struggled to survive, he was injured and lost too much blood, plus choked on the seawater, and fainted after going ashore, and recuperated for several days before he could get up.
When I saw that he was still feverish, I asked the medical staff to treat him, and when I treated the wounds, I was very surprised to see the scars on his body, and I could see how many times he had died in his life, and I remember exhaling softly, and there was a scar left on his left chest, and if he were an ordinary person, he would definitely die, and I don't know how he survived.
A seven-year-old child, how easy it is to make a living in Quanzhou, saying that he is in charge of a caravan, who would like to do business with a child, at that time piracy was rampant, he proposed to go to sea with the merchants, as long as there are pirates, they will stay and fight for their lives.
When he drove out the pirates, he did not ask for silver as a thanks, as long as the merchant Jaken traded some goods with him, his family business was accumulated little by little.
I cherish my talents, I want him to go back to Beijing with me, I will help him arrange a career, but he said nothing and refused, I can only write to him every year, hard to let him enter the office, but he has his own ideas, this year is considered to be Quanzhou to recruit envoys, now it is finally on the right track, I can also rest assured. ”
When he said these words, Hong Chuanting felt that he was an old father who missed his children, "Song Chengxuan's temperament is colder, he has struggled between life and death since he was a child, he can't survive without such a temperament, if he is offended, the two marquis will take care of it!" ”
An Yihou thought thoughtfully, "I didn't think that he would have such an experience. Song Chengxuan's face appeared in his mind, and he always felt that there was something between Song Chengxuan's eyebrows that made him a little familiar.
"Okay, let's not talk about that," Hong Chuanting said, "let's discuss the war in the northwest first. ”
Guangping Hou nodded, and An Yihou also came back to his senses.
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Song Chengxuan returned to the courtyard from the yamen.
Zhang Zhenren is instructing people to prepare their bags, according to what they have set before, after the officials have completed the paperwork, they will leave to return to the southeast, and there are still many things waiting for Gongzi to deal with in Quanzhou.
Song Chengxuan went to the study and sat down, Zhang Zhenren brought a cup of tea and said, "Gongzi saw An Yihou." ”
Song Chengxuan nodded.
Zhang Zhenren didn't say anything more.
Song Chengxuan narrowed his eyes slightly, the person he had remembered in his heart since he was a child, when he stood in front of him, he wanted to settle the grievances with An Yihou about this.
But for some reason, Xu Qinghuan's face floated in front of him.
Knowing that the people in the Marquis of Anyi's Mansion could not be trusted, he met her again and again, and even joined forces with her to investigate the case.
He even revealed his identity to her that night.
What does he want? Isn't it a decision? As long as the Marquis of Anyi Mansion deals with him again, he will do it mercilessly.
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