Chapter 68: The Pearl
"Gerdan's daughter? ......" Regarding Zhong Xiaozhen's self-introduction, Mo Jing and Luo Xin could only be speechless. They looked at Baori Longmei one by one, and then looked at Zhong Xiaozhen again after a while, like they were stupid, dumbfounded, and their aura was completely lost. Could it be that the whole clan of Baori Longmei was not killed by Geerdan? Then how could she still be friends with Gerdan's daughter? No revenge? …… A series of questions surfaced in the minds of the two.
Bao Ri Longmei naturally saw the doubts of the two, and immediately explained for the two.
It turns out that although Zhong Xiaozhen is Geerdan's daughter, she is indeed a friend of Baori Longmei since she was a child, and the two have a very good relationship. Although Geldan later destroyed the three Khalkha Mongolian tribes and killed Baori Longmei's entire family, Baori Longmei still missed Zhong Xiaozhen's friend from time to time.
As for Zhong Xiaozhen, although she was born in Mongolia, she has been fond of Sinology since she was a child, not only giving herself a Chinese name, but also yearning for the Central Plains. It's just that she is not the same as Geldan's "yearning", Gerdan's "yearning" is conquest, and her yearning is admiration. Therefore, she and her husband Musar were opposed to Geldan's march into the Central Plains. It's just that Geldan insisted on going his own way......
This time, Geldan was defeated in successive battles, and Musar was surrounded by the Feiyanggu army in the battle to cover Geerdan's escape, and was finally captured alive, thinking that it would be difficult to escape death, but he didn't expect Kangxi not only did not kill him, but also pardoned him. At this point, Musar decided not to get involved in the war between Geldan and the Qing court, and recruited 3,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters. After Zhong Xiaozhen got the news, she left Geerdan, went back to find her husband, and saw Baori Longmei in the Qing army camp.
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"So that's the case...... Mo Jing and Luo Xin were laughing, but they didn't know what to think of this Zhong Xiaozhen. Because, Zhong Xiaozhen's behavior made it difficult for them to make an evaluation, saying that she was loyal to her husband, but she abandoned her father; said that she betrayed her own alliance, but she maintained a certain loyalty to the current orthodox central Qing court......
"It turns out that the Mongolian personality is also very complicated." Mo Jing sighed secretly.
However, although she didn't know what to think of Zhong Xiaozhen, Mo Jing knew what kind of attitude she should have towards this princess of the Junggar Department - they were all friends, of course they had to be enthusiastic. Moreover, it is not possible to mention the war on both sides, or anything to avenge Baori Longmei. So, she changed the topic and mentioned the thirteenth elder brother who Baori Longmei gave to Kangxi, the little guy who had been given the name Yinxiang. As a woman, she is naturally very sensitive to cute little things like children, so the four women began to randomly pick up Yinxiang, who was still far away in the Forbidden City.
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Yu Zhong and his entourage all settled in Kangxi's imperial camp, and there was no news from the front team of the Qing army on this day, so Kangxi's camp did not move again, but stayed in place for the night.
Due to the location in the Gobi and the fact that it was already October, although the Qing army was lucky not to encounter a heavy snowstorm, it was still very cold at night, so everyone, except for the unlucky ones who were on duty at night, hid in the tents early.
Yu Zhong and Ma De too.
However, the two were not in a hurry to sleep, because they had not eaten yet.
came to the barracks, met the emperor, and then, to settle the soldiers, and talked to Gao Shiqi for a while...... These are the reasons why they have to eat later.
However, just as the two of them had just brought the rice bowl to their hands, and they were about to open their mouths with the pickles and pickles, they heard a whimpering flute sound not far away. The bitterness in the flute, even the two of them, who asked themselves that the rhythm of the music definitely belonged to the layman, couldn't help frowning, and in the haze, there was a trace of homesickness.
"Who is this? If he blows such a sad tune in the barracks, isn't he afraid that people will trouble him? I'll go take a look......" Yu Zhong looked at the rice in the bowl depressedly, his heart was blocked for a while, and he got up and walked out of the tent.
"Hey......" Ma De shouted, seeing that he didn't react, he didn't bother to call again, he knew that Yu Zhong was not a person without proportion.
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Yu Zhong walked out of the tent, and didn't look far before he saw a person, who was sitting on the wheel of a car wearing a leather jacket, and the dull sound of the flute, with his back, gave people a very uncomfortable feeling.
"This old man, it's a cold day, why don't you go to the tent to hide, but you're in the mood to play the flute here? ......" Yu Zhong walked over and asked the man.
"Huh?" The man heard someone talking to him, and quickly turned around, but his appearance startled Yu Zhong.
"You...... Aren't you the pearl? Yu Zhong shouted.
"This general is ......" This person is Mingzhu. It turned out that Kangxi ordered him to go out with the army, but after all, he was a criminal minister, and when he was in the capital, someone took care of him, and although he lost his official position, he also lived a nourishing life. However, no one in the barracks sold his account, and no one was even willing to pay attention to him except those sent by the emperor to "guard" him. So, he didn't have a good time during this time. So, in a depressed mood, he hid on the edge of the imperial camp and played the flute, wanting to soothe it. However, I didn't expect it to disturb people.
"Mingxiang, I'm ......" Yu Zhong pointed to himself, "I'm Yu Zhong, we met in Fengtian." ”
"Yu Zhong? Oh, it turned out to be Yu Dutong...... Mingzhu has a very good memory, and soon remembered Yu Zhong's identity, quickly stood up, bowed to Zhong and said: "The prisoner has seen Lord Dutong!" Good luck for adults! ”
"Get ......" Yu Zhong was startled, and hurriedly turned sideways to give Mingzhu this salute, "Ming, Mingxiang, you...... What kind of way are you? I dare not accept your courtesy, don't torture me. ”
"My lord said that he was joking, Mingzhu is just a criminal minister, how can there be any torture?" Mingzhu listened to Yu Zhong's words, and his face darkened at first, but seeing that Yu Zhong's expression did not look like a fake, he knew that the other party was not deliberately ridiculing him, and his face returned to normal.
"What sir? I said, Ming, Ming ......" Yu Zhong then remembered that Mingzhu was no longer the minister of the study, and for a while, he didn't know what to call this former minister.
"Your Excellency, call me Pearl." Mingzhu saw Yu Zhong's embarrassment, so he spoke.
"Don't dare, don't dare...... I heard that the emperor left you with the official title of a scattered minister, so it is appropriate to call it so. Yu Zhong said.
"Your Excellency is gracious." Mingzhu bowed again.
"Lord Ming, it's a cold day, why don't you go and sit in our tent?" Since the person who played the flute was Mingzhu, Yu Zhong didn't want to say anything more, so he was polite and planned to withdraw.
"Don't dare, Mingzhu Guilty Minister, I already don't want to go if I disturb the adults with the flute, how dare I bother again? ......" Mingzhu bowed, and didn't take Yu Zhong's politeness seriously.
"That ......"
"Goo, goo......"
The strange sound protruded, and Yu Zhong's eyes looked at Mingzhu with a hint of weirdness.
"Master Ming, you...... You haven't eaten yet? "The strange statement just now is clearly that the stomach is barking.
"I made my adults smile, and I ...... lately There is a shortage of food in the army, and the soldiers are rarely full, even the emperor only eats one meal a day......" Mingzhu said with some embarrassment. Where would he have thought that one day he would scream hungry in front of others, this feeling is really ashamed.
"Lack of food in the army?" Yu Zhong looked at his hand that had just touched the rice bowl and felt a little uncomfortable.
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Mingzhu was still invited to the tent by Yu Zhong to have a big meal, if nothing else, he can be regarded as a colleague, he can't watch others hungry and be indifferent, right? There is no deep hatred.
And Mingzhu was polite and didn't insist anymore...... Since becoming an official, where has he suffered from this?
"Didn't the emperor reserve a large amount of grain and grass? How can there still be a shortage of food in the army? After watching Mingzhu gobble up two bowls of rice, half a catty of cured meat, and poured two bowls of rice soup and began to wipe his mouth, Ma De began to ask.
"Hehe, of course there is no shortage of food, but it's a pity......" Mingzhu sneered and shook his head, without saying it explicitly.
"What a pity?" Yu Zhong asked.
"It's a pity ......" Mingzhu sighed, shook his head again, and said: "Alas, the two adults should not ask, the emperor will have a decision on this matter." Others, the less mixed the better......"
"Ming-sama has concerns?" Yu Zhong asked again.
"Concerns? Hehe, Mingzhu now, where are the concerns at all? Master Yu laughed. Mingzhu smiled.
"It's a pity that Master Ming said, isn't it...... Suo Etu? Mader asked suddenly.
"Hehe, it seems that the two adults understand people's ......" Mingzhu did not deny it, but smiled indifferently: "The emperor has prepared tens of millions of stones, grains and grass for this battle, and there are places to gather from east to west." It's a pity that after the war, they were all mobilized to Ulan Butong. Even if there is a mistake in strategy, Ulan Butong is adjacent to Eastern Mongolia and has thousands of horses that can be used to transport grain, how can it be that half a grain of rice has not reached the army by now? …… Hmph, it's a pity! ”
"What is the pity of Lord Ming? Is it a pity for Suo Xiang? Yu Zhong suddenly asked with a smile.
"Huh?" Mingzhu was stunned. How could Yu Zhong think that? Could it be that he is Kangxi's confidant? Could it be that Kangxi already has a way to deal with Suo Etu? Although he disagreed with Suo Etu's approach, he admitted that Suo Etu's move was ruthless and poisonous, and Kangxi might not be able to deal with it easily. However, after hearing Yu Zhong's words, his mind couldn't help but move again.
And at this time, before Mingzhu could think about it, suddenly, the tent was opened, and a Mukden soldier rushed in.
"My lords, what's wrong...... Our people have been arrested. ”
"What? Catch it? Who is it? ”
"It's the ...... who arrest people It's Big Brother! ”