Chapter 2: A Letter from Home

Yang Yingqian secretly wondered if Shen He had found a helper to find his bad luck, and immediately walked out of the courtyard with Yang Fu.

As soon as he was discharged from the hospital, Yang Yingqian saw more than a dozen officers and soldiers wearing military uniforms standing in front of his house, led by a burly man about 30 years old, who should be a low-ranking officer in the army.

When the burly man saw Yang Yingqian coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "You are Young Master Yingqian, Lord Yang's son?" ”

Yang Yingqian looked at the man in front of him and replied, "I am, I don't know why you military masters are coming to the cold house?" ”

After getting Yang Yingqian's affirmative answer, the burly man suddenly had red eyes, and knelt in front of Yang Yingqian with a "poof", and more than a dozen guards behind the man also knelt down in unison.

"The younger one is Lord Yang's personal soldier captain Sun Dayong, who has come to ask Gongzi for his guilt!"

After Sun Dayong finished speaking, he slammed his head on the ground, and the ground also made a muffled sound of "dong" with Sun Dayong's knock.

Suddenly seeing Sun Dayong kneeling in front of him, Yang Yingqian was unprepared, and was also taken aback, and after reacting, he hurriedly picked up Sun Dayong with Yang Fu and let the group into the mansion.

Yang Yingqian saw that there were a lot of people coming, and he was afraid that the main hall would be crowded, so he asked Yang Fu to take a few small servants to set up a few large tables in the courtyard, make a few pots of tea, and beckon Sun Dayong and others to sit down.

After a few bowls of tea, Sun Dayong's mood finally calmed down a little, looking at Yang Yingqian and sighing heavily, his eyes looked at the air a little erratically, as if he was in a trance, as if he was recalling something, he was silent for a long time, and finally spoke.

"At the end of last year, the Tartars entered Shenyang, and the government and the opposition shook. The imperial court urgently dispatched elite troops from various provinces to support Liaodong, and Lord Yang received the military order of the Fujian Metropolitan Division to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses of Yongningwei to go out of the customs together with the Zhejiang soldiers. ”

Speaking of this, Sun Dayong sighed lightly again: "I didn't expect that after more than a month of marching, we had just arrived at the Hunhe River outside Shenyang City, and we encountered the Tartar strikers who came to attack Shenyang Wei. ”

"It's a pity that although there are many reinforcements from all over the Ming Dynasty on the Hunhe River, they are not subordinate, and some still have some old grievances with each other, so we were quickly defeated by the Tartars, and the Qi family army in Jizhen and Qin Shuai's white pole soldiers were all wiped out, and we escorted Lord Yang to break through, and finally were scattered by the Tartars."

Speaking of this, Sun Dayong clenched his fists tightly, and his knuckles turned white.

"By the time we look for it again, the Tartars have already been withdrawn, and I still can't forget that scene!"

Sun Dayong slowly closed his eyes: "The corpses on both sides of the Hunhe River are all over the ground, it's so miserable, the water in the river is dyed red." ”

"We finally found the Lord by the river, and the Lord had five feather arrows stuck in his body, and the blades were also curled with knives, and the Lord fought to the end!" Speaking of this, Sun Dayong fell to his knees with a thud.

"Shangguan died in battle, but our own soldiers fled back, it is our sin, I would like to listen to the son's fall!"

Although Yang Yingqian and his father in this life did not have any feelings, but when he heard his heroism and looked at Sun Dayong kneeling in front of him, the true feelings of this iron-blooded man were revealed, Yang Yingqian's heart couldn't help but be a little touched, and he hurriedly leaned over to pick up Sun Dayong.

"Brother Sun, please get up quickly, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, don't blame yourself too much, at least you let me know that my father is not a traitor to the country and seeks glory, as long as people live, we still have hope!"

Sun Dayong nodded yes, wiped his tears and got up and sat down.

"After returning to Beijing, we heard the news that the adult was framed and killed by the enemy, and we were very anxious, but the person spoke lightly, and it was difficult for the adult to refute, fortunately I met the eldest master in Beijing!"

Hearing Sun Dayong mention the eldest master, Yang Yingqian's heart couldn't help jumping, his father was originally two brothers, and there was also a brother Mingren, two brothers were one scholar and one martial arts, Yang Mingren went out to study a few years ago, and there was no news, but he didn't expect Sun Dayong to meet him in the capital.

Under careful questioning, Yang Yingqian understood what happened, it turned out that Sun Dayong and his people originally went to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to avenge Yang Mingming, but they were arrested as deserters, and they were going to exit the mansion and be executed directly, but they happened to meet Yang Mingren, who went to the Governor's Mansion to seek justice for his younger brother.

At this time, Yang Mingren had just been admitted to the Jinshi, and was awarded the Inspectorate to supervise the imperial history, and went to the Governor's Mansion for his younger brother's affairs, and was suffering from no witness testimony, so he met Sun Dayong and others, and immediately interceded to temporarily keep the lives of Sun Dayong and others, and then transferred to the Left Governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and then returned Yang to justice.

Hearing Sun Dayong say Tian Ergeng's name, Yang Yingqian's heart couldn't help but sink slightly, although he didn't know history, but Wei Zhongxian's notoriety of the eunuch party was still known, and the uncle begged to go to the eunuch party in order to clear his father's grievances, could it be ......

Without waiting for Yang Yingqian to think about it, Sun Dayong took out an envelope from his arms and put it in front of Yang Yingqian.

"Childe, before leaving Jingshi, the eldest master will write a letter to the family, and I will give it to you."

Yang Yingqian was also curious about what his uncle would say in the letter, so he opened the letter immediately.

There is nothing special written in the family letter, the first part is mainly to feel the brotherhood between him and Yang Ming, and finally entered the Shi and the first, but he could not share the joy with his brothers, and it can be seen between the lines that Yang Mingren is a very traditional feudal scholar.

The second half of the letter is about Yang Yingqian's future, Yang Mingren said in the letter that Tian Ergeng, the governor of Zuodu, promised to solve the hereditary military position that Yang Yingqian had been stripped of, and finally it was an encouragement to Yang Yingqian, asking him to follow his father's example and serve the court wholeheartedly.

After reading Yang Mingren's letter, Yang Yingqian had an indescribable feeling in his heart that if the problem of military rank was solved, it could be said that he would have a reliance in this era, and he could also gradually realize his dream in this era and make a career.

However, starting from the way of eunuching the party will inevitably leave a huge hidden danger in the future, but in the current situation, we can only take one step at a time, and now it is important to consider building our own team, after all, having a gun in the hands in troubled times is the last word.

Thinking of this, Yang Yingqian stuffed the letter back into the envelope, turned his head and looked at Sun Dayong in front of him with a smile.

Yang Mingren said in the letter that this Sun Dayong and more than a dozen of his subordinates were all warrior monks recruited by Yang in the name of Putian South Shaolin back then, and Sun Dayong was one of the best among them.

"Brother Sun, my uncle said in the letter that the imperial court will restore my hereditary military position after a while, I wonder if Brother Sun can help me by my side?"

Hearing Yang Yingqian say this, Sun Dayong immediately stood up and saluted Yang Yingqian, and more than a dozen officers and soldiers behind him also stood up and looked at Yang Yingqian in unison.

"Our dozen brothers were brought out by Lord Yang back then, and the adults have treated us like a mountain for so many years, and now the adults have been martyred for the country, and we should follow the son to the death, and one day avenge the adults."

Shen Mansion, Inner House......

A faint scent of sandalwood permeated the room, and flecks of fine moonlight shone through the hollowed-out carved windows, hitting the back of a pale green dress.

Long black hair, a princess bun, a beaded flower in the bun, the beaded flower hanging from the tassel, with the breeze outside the window, the tassel swaying.

The bronze mirror in the room reflected a woman's face, with extremely beautiful complexion, trimming her eyebrows and nose, and a slight pear vortex on her cheeks, but her eyes were slightly red at this time, and her cheeks were slightly pale.

A maid pushed open the door and walked in softly with a tray on which were placed two delicate side dishes and a bowl of rice.

The maid walked to the table and looked at the untouched lunch on the table, sighed softly, put the tray on the table, and walked behind the woman.

"Miss, just now I passed by the main hall and heard the old man and the eldest young master talking, after taking care of this matter in the past few days, I will take the young lady to Nanjing."

This beautiful woman sitting in front of the dresser is Shen Congzhou's daughter Shen Junyi, and she is also Yang Yingqian's fiancΓ©e.

For Yang Yingqian, she hasn't met a few times, if you want to say how deep her feelings are, it's not that the education she received since she was a child made her regard herself as the unmarried daughter-in-law of the Yang family since she was a child.

This time, the Yang family suffered an accident, and his father tore up the marriage contract between the two families, and Shen Junyi's heart has been suffering in the past few days. However, in this era, who has taken the thoughts of the daughter's family seriously? Thinking of this, Shen Junyi couldn't help but sigh softly again, and the candlelight in front of her seemed to be much dimmer......

Within a few days, the text of the Ministry of War was sent to Yang Yingqian's hands through the post station, which said that Yang Yingqian was allowed to attack his father's military position, and that he was the commander of Yongningwei, and that he would go to his post immediately on the day he received the text, and there should be no mistake, and the end of the text was also printed with the big seal of the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

Looking at the big seal on the text, Yang Yingqian was in a good mood, this is the capital to make a fortune, and he couldn't help but have a little smile between his eyebrows.

Sun Dayong, who was beside him, saw the joy on Yang Yingqian's face, and was also busy saying congratulations to Yang Yingqian: "Congratulations to your Excellency on being promoted to commander and acquaintance!" ”

According to the hereditary system of the imperial court, although Yang Yingqian can be hereditary commander, he can probably only do a fictitious position.

Besides, Yang Yingqian is still so young, his future development is unlimited, and the future of the chief officer is bright, and these of them who follow the soldiers can naturally ascend to heaven, so Sun Dayong's heart is also very excited.

Yang Yingqian smiled slightly: "I went to Yongningwei, I am afraid that the house here in Tong'an will not be able to come back in the short term, you go and inform Steward Yang, let him pack up the household assets in the house, pack the car, and move to Yongningwei with our family the day after tomorrow." ”

Two days later, two carriages full of wooden boxes and burdens slowly drove out of Tong'an County, and there were more than a dozen officers and soldiers on horseback around the carriage, Yang Yingqian was the one who rode in the front, and Sun Dayong was slightly behind half a horse's head to guard the left and right.

Yang Yingqian has been exercising for a few months, although his physical fitness has been greatly improved, but it is really the first time to ride a horse, Sun Dayong has taught him half a day before Yang Yingqian can ride a little, but he does not dare to ride too fast in terms of speed.

After walking for a short time, a carriage appeared in front of him, Yang Yingqian looked at the people in the car, it was Shen He who was repaired by him a few days ago, Shen He also saw Yang Yingqian, Yang Yingqian looked at him expressionlessly, Shen He's eyes were still full of resentment when he looked at Yang Yingqian.

The breeze blew, the curtain of the carriage was blown open, and a beautiful face flashed in Yang Yingqian's eyes.

Yang Yingqian looked at the carriage that was gradually moving away, and he didn't know what to think in his heart, but finally sighed lightly, turned the horse's head, and the group walked to another fork in the road........