Chapter 011: The Righteous Man

"General Chen was the commander of the Dingliao Zhongwei at that time, during the Salhu War, he was the general of the left sentinel army of the Du General Army, and the section was the Liaozhong Guard and the right guard, and the last general was the Dingliao Right Guard Qianhu, at the beginning of the war, the Tartar cavalry cut off the connection between the two divisions and the Chinese army, the right guard was defeated, the commander was killed, and the last general took people to cover the evacuation desperately.

The Chinese army was surrounded, Du General ordered the left sentinel army to break through the siege, General Chen was injured at the time, but still took his infantry to reinforce, my department of thousands of households followed closely, but the situation was tense, Du General then broke through the siege and died, Chen General General was responsible for breaking the rear, and finally died, the last general was ashamed, at that time he was with someone to follow behind General Chen, and as a result, he was forced to retreat by the soldiers who were defeated in front of him. ”

Yuan Shizhong looked at Chen Cao, who was sitting opposite him, and bowed his hand to Chen Cao quite respectfully: "Chen Zongqi has a father like this, and he is also loyal and brave, Yuan is here to compensate Chen Zongqi." ”

Chen Cao shook his head, he fell asleep for two days, Jin Bing retreated, Li Rubai sent the messenger to the Liaodong Metropolitan Division's office at the first time to report to Xiong Tingbi, and he himself hurriedly inquired about his cheap father Chen Fei after the end.

Li Rubai on the side nodded very satisfied: "Chen Zongqi won this time, and the first part of Sarhu Juniper was defeated by the Zhenglan Banner where Murhaqi was, and now Chen Zongqi killed Murhaqi with his own hands, which can be regarded as revenge, which is gratifying." ”

"Mr. Li, Chen is willing to give this credit." Chen Cao looked at Li Rubai without changing his face and said: "In this case, I believe that General Li can offset his merits and demerits, and the new emperor will ascend the throne, maybe there will be a lot of rewards. ”

Li Rubai's face has been red to the root of his ears, he as the general soldier of Liaodong, this victory was fought in Shenyang, although it is basically Chen Cao's credit, but in the final meritorious reward, as the main general, he is the first person to be rewarded, followed by the others who won this battle.

And Chen Cao is not stupid, he is a person with no background, and he suddenly fell into this military feat, which is very dangerous in the early years of the Apocalypse, basically no benefit, and the key is that he also offended his top boss Liu Lei, and also killed his cronie Liu Zuo, so the first thing Chen Cao does now is to have Mingzhe to protect himself when he is talking about merit.

He was going to give Liu Lei a bad drug.

"Mr. Li, don't thank me first, the credit for most of the credit is given to you, I only have one request."

"What do you want?" Li Rubai's words trembled a little.

"Liu Lei, one hundred households in Jinyi, is cowardly in battle, intending to escape."

Stopped.

Li Rubai These are all old fritters in officialdom, Chen Cao's words are obvious, but he can't guess that Chen Cao has this great credit, why do he still have to rectify this small brocade guard hundred households: "Well, Ben will understand, leave everything to me, I'll arrange the matter, Chen Zongqi is still cultivating quickly, we will leave for Beijing to sacrifice prisoners in the near future." ”

Only Li Shaokuan and Yuan Shizhong were left in the hall, and Yuan Shizhong was the first to speak: "Chen Zongqi, I admire General Chen very much, if Chen Zongqi is rising day by day, he has a certain place, just say goodbye." ”

Chen Cao nodded, arched his hand, and then looked at Li Shaokuan, a little embarrassed, so he arched his hand and said: "Chen admires Brother Li very much, in the last war, Brother Li used a spear superbly, Chen admired." ”

"Hey..."Li Shaokuan sneered: "It's just a small skill of carving insects, my father used a big spear of the Liaohe River to sweep the Japanese and Mongolia, and I, as a son, only learned less than thirty percent." ”

"Dare to ask Lingzun's name?"

"Father Li Rumei."

Although Chen Cao has read a lot of novels in the Ming Dynasty, although he is a little impressed, he really doesn't know what great achievements Li Rumei has, so he made a surprised expression and said: "It turns out that Brother Li is the son of General Li, and he is very lucky." ”

Li Shaokuan is also more useful, after all, Li Rumei died early, and her reputation is not high compared to her uncle and second uncle: "Chen Zongqi is too modest, I can't imagine that Chen Zongqi's kung fu on the battle array is so good, and the little sister also used a sword to scare Chen Zongqi that day, now that I think about it, it's really a joke." ”

"Who is the joke that the fifth brother said?" Li Wan'er walked into the lobby in a strong suit, glanced at Li Shaokuan, and then at Chen Cao, and said, "Hey, you thief, who did you learn kung fu from?" ”

"Little sister, how can you talk to Mr. Chen like this?" Li Shaokuan scolded, and then arched his hand: "My cousin is the youngest, she has a spicy temperament, and she still looks forward to Chen Zongqi Haihan." ”

Chen Cao shook his hand: "It's okay, although Miss Li is young, she looks like Mulan when she kills the enemy with a sword on the battlefield, and the Li family is a daughter, fortunately." ”

Li Shaokuan felt that there was something in Chen Cao's words, but he couldn't hear where it was, so he smiled and said: "I have to do it in advance, and Mr. Chen will do it himself." ”

"Please..."

As soon as Li Shaokuan left, Li Wan'er's attitude changed at that time, and even her address to Chen Cao changed: "Chen Cao, do you still remember what you said to me that night?" ”

"That night?" Chen Cao stared at Li Wan'er with a blank expression.

Seeing this, Li Wan'er thought that Chen Cao was going to repent, so she was furious at the moment and scolded: "Okay, you thief, it seems that you must have done it on purpose that night, and if I don't kill you today, it's not enough to vent the hatred in my heart."

Syllable...

Li Wan'er pulled out the long sword she was carrying, and was about to stab it immediately, Chen Cao was shocked, stood up and retreated violently, and then said urgently: "Miss Li, don't worry, my task has not been handed over yet, and after accompanying General Li to Beijing, I will definitely come to Liaodong and let Miss Li deal with it." ”

Li Wan'er didn't want to kill Chen Cao, that night she only remembered Chen Cao's later sentence 'Propose marriage after revenge', at first Li Wan'er was noncommittal, but in the white tower shop, she saw Chen Cao's performance in the battle, but she had a great change in her opinion of Chen Cao, a person who was born in Jinyiwei, plus his father died in Salhu, and he had a better impression of Chen Cao, knowing that Chen Cao would soon leave with his father, so he came to test Chen Cao's words that night.

When Li Wan'er heard this, she was even more angry, thinking that Chen Cao was just deceiving herself to save her life, so she became more and more annoyed: "Adulter, look at the sword." ”

That's true, Chen Cao didn't have time to explain at the moment, kicked up the stool in front of him, and prepared to repeat the old trick, and Li Wan'er suffered a loss that night, but now she is learning from the elf, she didn't go to block the stool head-on, but went around sideways, and the stool was in the air, so she rushed up, ready to give Chen Cao a sword in the head.

"After Chen arrives in Beijing, he will also propose to General Li Bing."

When Li Wan'er heard this, the long sword was retracted, but the person couldn't suppress the inertia and rushed forward, Chen Cao saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to catch Li Wan'er, who knew that Chen Cao didn't have much preparation, he was hit by Li Wan'er, and he also fell, but Li Wan'er was held in the air by his own hand, only half a meter away from his chest.

But...

Li Wan'er's face was flushed, and she scolded angrily: "Adulter, you still don't let go." ”

After reacting to his actions and Li Wan'er's expression, Chen Cao let go in a panic, who knew that this let go, Li Wan'er fell in, the two were next to each other, Li Wan'er's chest squeezed Chen Cao without saying anything, but the small mouth was also attached to Chen Cao's mouth.

"I'm going to die..."Li Wan'er turned over and got up, running out with a red face.

Chen Cao licked his lips carefully, and said in his heart, "This Li Wan'er still has its own fruity flavor"...

...

Chen Cao returned to Beijing, and he was responsible for accompanying Li Rubai and his family members into Beijing, of course, Li Wan'er was also listed, and Li Shaokuan, as a participant in the beheading of Murhaqi, also had to enter Beijing together.

Liu Lei is more unlucky, if he didn't have the iron heart to rectify Chen Cao at the beginning, Chen Cao would not have rectified him, but Chen Cao is not a good man and a woman, his most respected is 'others respect me a foot, Lao Tzu wants him back a kilometer This creed', more importantly, he is behind his sister Zhang Liu, so he has to clean up Liu Lei.

Liu Lei was directly reported by the well-informed Li Rubai for the crime of escaping, this crime is very serious in the border army, but in an institution like Jinyiwei, it depends on whether the rulers are willing or not, so Li Rubai added a 'intention to cholera military heart', this is very serious, Liu Lei is not dead this time, he has to shed his skin, so in Chen Cao they ride horses, ride cars, he Liu Lei also has them, and the prisoner car serves.

Xiong Tingbi, the governor of Liaodong, sent people to accompany him, and his Tang newspaper was also sent to Beijing, and this team was full of seven or eight hundred people, and it took more than 20 days to arrive at Shanhaiguan.

After Chen Cao and his party arrived at Shanhaiguan, the eunuch from Jingshi also arrived.

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and said: Li Rubai, the general soldier of Liaodong......... Ordered Li Rubai to go to Beijing as soon as possible to offer prisoners to see the driver, and admired this. ”

"Minister Li Rubai obeys the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live..."

The eunuch stared at Chen Cao, who was kneeling behind Li Rubai, and said, "You are Chen Cao, the chief banner of Jinyi Wei?" ”

Chen Cao raised his head and nodded solemnly: "The humble position is Chen Cao." ”

The eunuch looked at it carefully, then nodded and said: "Well, the emperor said, Chen Cao, the chief banner of Jinyiwei, has made great contributions to this battle, and he has given Jinyiwei a long face, and he is named the official of Jinyi Weinan Town, Fusi Qianhu," said and waved his hand to the little eunuch behind him: "This is Chen Qianhu's confession, you take him to Jinyiwei to command the envoy to report to the yamen." ”

Chen Cao took his own body from the hands of the little eunuch, and then saluted respectfully: "Humble duty, no, the last general Chen Cao thanks Your Majesty Longen." ”

"Hmm..."The eunuch nodded with satisfaction: "The emperor asked our family to ask Chen Qianhu a few words,"

Chen Cao hurriedly bowed his head, and the eunuch said, "Then the so-called novel in Nanjing was written by you?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, exactly..."

He asked again: "Did you write Mulan's words?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, but it was written by the last general."

asked again: "Are you really Nalan Rongruo?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, if it's fake."

"Hmm..."The eunuch nodded: "Chen Qianhu, the matter of sacrificing prisoners will be handed over to General Li, you don't have to accompany you, go to Tianjin quickly, Lord Luo has already gone to wait for you, oh yes, the one who is afraid of death in Jinyiwei, according to military law, it will be handled by your Nanzhen Fusi yourself." ”

Chen Cao was stunned, then reacted, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the last general will set off here." ”

Along the way, Chen Cao understood a little, it was rumored that the new emperor ascended the throne, and all parties in the court were crushing each other, and there were as many people who protected Li Rubai as there were those who impeached him, and Li Rubai had merit this time, mainly due to himself, so the people in the court didn't want to see himself as a stunned young man who had just debuted, plus he belonged to Jinyiwei and was a military household, so it was impossible for his official position to change too much.

Chen Cao originally thought that after giving up the credit, he would be promoted to a hundred households with real power at most or an official position on the side of the department, but he didn't expect to be directly promoted to a thousand households, and he was also satisfied, so he took the prisoner car loaded with Liu Lei and set off towards Tianjin at a faster speed.

Five days later, Chen Cao arrived at the Yamen of the Jinyi Guard Command Envoy in Tianjin, and after handing out his notice at the door, a young Jinyi Guard came out immediately, and said with a smile on his face: "Chen Qianhu, please hurry up, the commander has been waiting for a long time." ”

Why is the commander of Jinyiwei Si Yamen in Tianjin, Rao is Chen Cao is familiar with the novel of crossing the Ming Dynasty, and he can't remember it, but now is not the time to discuss the way forward, and the commander personally came to Tianjin to wait for his thousand-household official, I'm afraid it's not a good thing.

At the gate of the middle hall, there were a lot of bells and whistles flying fish suits, different colors, this group of people looked at Chen Cao with a serious face, Chen Cao felt uncomfortable all over his body, as if he had been stripped naked.

Chen Cao smiled and bowed his hand to the group: "Colleagues, be polite." ”

However, the scene was cold, and there was no response, Chen Cao was also embarrassed, and the young Jinyi Wei who took the lead smiled: "Chen Qianhu don't have to delay, go in quickly." ”

In the middle hall, a middle-aged man in a big red flying fish suit sat on the main seat, and after Chen Cao walked in, the door of the middle hall was closed, and only the brocade guard who led Chen Cao in was still in the middle hall.

"The last general, Chen Cao, see the commander." Chen Cao took the lead in saluting.

"Governor Luo Sigong," he said, looking at Chen Cao coldly, "Your Majesty is very satisfied with your performance. ”

"The last general is not very afraid," Chen Cao bowed his head and said, "Everything is also a command to make the adults lead well." ”

Luo Sigong snorted, and then said: "You guy, you have such a powerful mouth, no wonder, people who can write such things must be outstanding in so-called literary talent." ”

Then he said: "This governor learned that your family has been a military family for generations, or is it a general of the Wei State Mansion?" ”

"Lord Hui, yes, my father, Chen Fei, is the general of the Duke of Wei."

Luo Sigong nodded: "You can be regarded as having made a great contribution to my Jinyi Wei this time, and you, the chief flag officer of the shadow seal, are just a superficial skin." ”

Chen Cao's details, Luo Sigong had already sent someone to inquire clearly, so Chen Cao didn't dare to talk nonsense, especially the secret service.

Luo Sigong then asked: "As for why you hanged yourself, this governor thought that there should be another hidden secret, but this time you immediately made a great achievement, this governor has already informed the Nanjing Teaching Department and sent you a favor, then Li Fengchun, you should take it back as soon as possible, so as not to be favored by any powerful person, but teach you to be embarrassed." ”

Hiss...

Chen Cao gasped in his heart, it turned out that Luo Sigong had already checked himself before seeing him, and now that he thought about it, Chen Cao's previous foolish thoughts could only disappear, so he also bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Lord for your grace." ”

Luo Sigong walked down the steps, nodded, and then said with a sigh: "This governor didn't mean to check you, it's just that I Jinyiwei has always been a child of a good family, a guy who can take his marriage book and sell it for 10,000 taels of silver, he is very broad-minded, I, Jinyiwei, just need a talent like you who is Yunwen and Yunwu." ”

"The last general is really ashamed," Chen Cao's body was even lower.

Luo Sigong stepped forward and patted Chen Cao's shoulder and said, "Recently, Your Majesty has just won the championship, and there are many people in Nanzhen Fu Si who are not in harmony with the governor, and these people have little to do with the ministers of the DPRK and China. ”

Do not say.

It is said that the old fritters in the Ming officialdom will only speak half of what they say, and let the rest be guessed by their subordinates, and there will be a prize for guessing correctly, and it is his subordinates who can't guess wrong, and they have nothing to do with the boss.

Chen Cao beat a drum in his heart, he didn't even know who the chief flag officer of Jinyi Wei was who the suppression envoy of the Nanzhen Fu Division was, and the only senior official he knew was his own thousand households and the last time he went to Ying Tianfu to listen to the case Yang Yong, and the rest didn't seem to know him.

"The last will be dull, but as long as the adults show it, the last will be completed."

Luo Sigong looked at Chen Cao playfully, and finally showed a sinister smile on his cold face: "You guy, interesting, do you know Shou Ninghou?" ”

Chen Cao's mind was spinning fast, but he couldn't remember, so he arched his hand and said, "The last general is dull." ”

"When the Xianzong Dynasty, Empress Zhang's two younger brothers were a feudal Marquis of Shouning, a feudal Marquis of Chang, two brothers in Beijing, Shouning Marquis was a wide occupation of Tianqing, for which he also died, at that time, Mr. Li Dongyang, a scholar of the first auxiliary university of the cabinet, snatched the golden gourd hammer in the hands of the Han general in the Wenhua Palace, forget it, such gossip is not to be said," Luo Sigong thought about it and said: "During the Jiajing period, the Marquis of Shouning was promoted to the Duke of Changguo, and then sat on the matter to cut the knight, demoted to the governor of Jinyi Weitong, and took office in Nanjing. ”

Only then did Chen Cao remember that he had often seen Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, before, and there was such a thing, so he raised his eyes and looked at Luo Sigong and said, "What do you mean to let the last general spy on the Zhang family?" ”

"Lord Wanli was merciful and restored Zhang Heling's title of Marquis of Shouning, and his son Zhang Yanzong took the title, and he was still the commander of Jinyiwei, and sat in the south of the town of Fusi." Luo Sigong did not answer Chen Cao's words: "Now Nanjing Donglin Academy is recruiting scholars from all over the world, and the momentum is getting stronger and stronger. ”

Chen Cao heard it in a fog, first said Shou Ninghou, and then talked about Donglin Academy here, what Chen Cao could understand was the Donglin Party, but after thinking about it carefully, plus Luo Sigong said without a word, it seemed that he could also be clear: "The last general seems to understand a little, Zhang Yanzong has close contacts with Donglin Academy." ”

Luo Sigong didn't say whether Chen Cao was right or wrong, so he said: "You killed Liu Zuo, the governor thought it was understandable, but the governor learned that Liu Lei's sister was the wife of Zhang Tiande, the commander of the Nanjing Right Guard, and your former mother-in-law." ”

"My Lord, Mingjian..."Chen Cao nodded.

"Hmm..."Luo Sigong turned around and walked towards the back of the case hall: "Now that you have made a great contribution, you have to give you a thousand households with real power, it just so happens that Nanzhen Fusi has transferred them to be the commander of the thousand households, and the seat is vacant, you will go to be the one who is in charge of the thousand households, as for Liu Lei," Luo Sigong turned his head and looked at Chen Cao with sharp eyes: "Your Majesty also said, according to the Jinyi Guard Military Law, you can do it yourself..."

"The last will obey." Chen Cao said and saluted.

"What more could you ask for?" Luo Sigong looked at Chen Caodao.

Chen Cao thought about it for a while, and then said: "My lord, forgive me, in this battle of Baitapu, the subordinate little flag officers fought hard and did not retreat, so they thought about the last general..."

Luo Sigong sneered, and then said: "You guy, before you take office, you began to arrange cronies, no matter what, the people over there are not easy to use, and there is something to help you. ”

Chen Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly saluted Luo Sigong and said, "Lord Xie, the last general." ”

"Let's take office..."

After Chen Cao went out, the young Jinyi guard saw that there was no one around, and looked at Luo Sigong curiously: "Father, can Chen Cao understand what you mean?" ”

Luo Sigong looked at the roster in his hand, and said in a daze: "This guy is delicate, his writing is good, compared to dealing with those nerds, he can also have a certain use, he uses it every day, and this person can also be a big help for us." ”

Chen Cao took the name of the commander and his own body, and led people out of the Tianjin Acropolis, saw Zhao Xin riding a horse and following him, and suddenly asked: "Zhao Xin, do you know the Marquis of Shouning?" ”

Zhao Xin's mind was also extremely fast, and he replied: "My lord, this Shouning Marquis is that Zhang Yanzong in Nanjing?" ”

"You know?"

Seeing Chen Cao's puzzled expression, Zhao Xin nodded and said: "I know, he is still the commander of Jinyiwei, and he is in charge of the Nanzhen Fusi, but the real manager of the Nanzhen Fusi is the commander of the affairs and the Nanzhen Fusi is Lord Xu Xianchun Xu." ”

"Xu Xianchun?" Chen Cao exclaimed, how famous is this Jinyi Wei eunuch lackey in the Apocalypse year: "Are you sure that the pacification envoy is Xu Xianchun?" ”

Zhao Xin nodded: "That's true, I heard from other brothers in Weizhong that Lord Xu has a lot of relationship with the Marquis of Shouning, and Lord Xu often goes to the Hou Mansion as a guest." ”

Chen Cao nodded secretly, and then asked, "What is the lawlessness of Shouning Hou?" ”

Zhao Xin didn't think about it and said: "Hey, where does he dare," he said and said with a smile: "When Jiajing Ye was here, he wanted to cut the hereditary title of his relatives, and Zhang Heling, the Duke of Changguo, happened to be cut down and demoted to Nanjing Jinyi Wei Tongzhi, his younger brother Jianchang Marquis Zhang Yanling died tragically, no, Wanli Ye was kind, restored the title of Marquis of Shouning, let his son Zhang Yanzong inherit the title, and also inherited the official position of Jinyi Wei commanding Tongzhi, and still sat in Nanjing, no, this is something that everyone in Nanjing knows. ”

Saying that, Zhao Xin whispered: "My lord doesn't know, the people below say that Zhang Yanzong's ability to attack the knight is due to the blessing of Lord Ye, the first assistant of the cabinet." ”

'Ye Xianggao? Chen Cao nodded in his heart, and then said: "After returning to Nanjing, I will explain you a few things, and you must complete them for me." ”