Chapter Ninety-Six: Magnanimity?
Although Niu Fu hated Dong Qiang to death in his heart, no matter what happened next, it still depended on how he dealt with it.
In order not to cause a conflict, Niu Fu hurriedly took advantage of the fact that the other party had not yet planned to make a move, and then ordered the soldiers to retreat. After the order was given, he dismounted and planned to step forward to explain one or two to clear up the misunderstanding of the other party.
"This general, in the east γγγγ of Xiahe" Niu Fu handed the sword to his own soldiers, and quickly stepped forward to salute the leader who was raising the spear in his hand to show friendship.
With Niu Fu's salute, the commander of the Qilin Wei also turned over and dismounted, seeing this Niu Fu was relieved, but who knew that Niu Fu only said the word Hedong, and the commander of the tiger's back and bear waist actually pushed him away without politeness, fortunately he was a little alert just now, otherwise this push would have to push him personally to turn over on his back. However, the strength of this palm was enough for him to take three or four steps back before he could stand firmly.
Such a fuss also embarrassed Niu Fu, and for a while he said that he was not angry. However, Niu Fu didn't know that in the eyes of these Qilin Guards, not to mention a little captain, it was Hedong Taishou Dong Zhuo who came, and now they didn't see him give him a good face.
Just when Niu Fu was embarrassed, the next moment made him see a scene that he would never forget.
I saw that the unicorn guard took off his pocket in a blink of an eye, and changed the momentum just now, like a child who had done something wrong, and ran to more than ten steps outside the ready-to-wear store with a few steps of 'bell, bell, crotch', and fell to the ground with a heavy 'snap', and then said angrily: "The lowly guards are late, so that the lord has been wronged, please punish the lord!" β
"The subordinate guards are late, please punish the lord," as the commander spoke, the rest of the Qilin guards also put away their weapons at the same time, turned over and dismounted, and knelt down on one knee to plead for their guilt. After all, the duty of these guards is to protect Jiang Qi's safety, and now the master is humiliated, and the lord is humiliated, and the minister dies, this is an immutable rule.
Seeing that the person who came took off the hood and revealed a bald head with iron blue, Jiang Qi recognized it as a team leader among his own Qilin Guards, the family general was surnamed Zhang Mingtie, and a bald head was definitely different.
"Get up, iron! You don't need to be polite when you have armor on your body, these days everyone has suffered with Qi, and I thank you brothers here. β
Zhang Tie and his brother Zhang Jin have been diners in the Jiang family with their father since they were children, and the martial arts of the two families are among the best among the generals, and the two brothers have become one of Jiang Qi's earliest personal soldiers.
It is a fluke that Zhang Tie can get here so quickly today, and there are two hundred people and four squads of Qilin Wei who came out together that day, one hundred of them are led by the newly appointed commander Yan Ming to the north, and the other one is controlled by the sword commander Jiang Renshu to go to the west.
For Jiang Qi's order, the guards did not dare to disobey, as soon as Jiang Qi's voice fell, the Qilin guards got up neatly, Zhang Tiexing clasped his fists and saluted and said: "Guarding the lord is the duty of the lowly rank, how dare you say bitterness, blame the lowly escort for being late and frightening the lord, and ask the lord to give an order, how to deal with the people who offend the lord!" β
For those who usually threaten their own lords, as guards, they will naturally execute the other party without an order, but now that they see that the other party has no intention of making a move, and it is a defender wearing Han army armor, they have no choice but to ask for instructions.
And at this moment, Niu Fu also forgot about the embarrassment, when he looked at the big man wearing the armor of the forbidden army kneeling on the ground, he suddenly understood everything, just looking at the big 'Jiang' word on the swaggering banner, if Niu Fu didn't know who the person in front of him was, he shouldn't be called Niu Fu, but should be called cow dung.
However, when he understood the identity of the person in front of him, Niu Fu didn't know what to do, not to mention that he was just a military captain, even if he was a state assassin, he couldn't get rid of today's crimes.
When he thought of the impending catastrophe, Niu Fu's stomach trembled a little, although he was not afraid of death, but he knew how much trouble he had brought to his father-in-law, after all, he represented more than himself.
Thinking of his father-in-law's way of pleasing him all these years, he ruined it today, and Niu Fu couldn't say it.
Just as Niu Fu was thinking about how to deal with it, Jiang Qi gently waved his hand to signal the sword guard who was guarding him to get out of the way, and then slowly stepped forward and carefully inspected the Xiliang soldiers who were not very clear about the current situation, but did not dare to make a mistake.
In the end, Jiang Qi glanced at Niu Fu, snorted coldly, didn't say anything, and directly got on the war horse led by Uncle Jiang Ren, and turned around and left with an unkind face.
Seeing that the Qilin Guard of the brigade was gone in a blink of an eye, Niu Fu screamed in his heart, even if Jiang Qi scolded him just now, or beat him with dozens of military sticks, it would be much easier.
Now Jiang Qi left without saying a word, what does this mean, it shows that he is very unhappy and very angry in his heart.
As for the consequences in the future, maybe the next thing is to see how you deal with it, if you don't get it right, let alone yourself, even your father-in-law Dong Zhuo will be finished. Although he is just a young general of Zhenbei who has just entered the court, the military affairs in Hedong are under the jurisdiction of others, and the tiger is unpredictable.
"General Niu, what's going onγγγγ "Seeing that the Praetorian Guards surrounding them had all disappeared, Dong Qiang asked Niu Fu who was thinking of countermeasures in his heart with some worry.
"It's over, it's over!" Hearing someone ask Niu Fu, he couldn't help but muttered casually, but when he turned around and saw that it was Dong Qiang's disgusted face, his face immediately changed from overwhelmed to annoyed and angry.
immediately raised his hand and slapped him, and immediately slapped Dong Qiang on the spot and turned three hundred and sixty degrees, and after a 'snap', the two yellow teeth with blood fell to the ground perfectly. But this is not the end, just when Dong Qiang was dizzy and couldn't find the north, Niu Fu's sideways flying kick came again.
Dong Qiang, who finally flew up in the air, fainted to death after making close contact with the thick blue brick wall three zhang away, and the whole process was completed in just a few breaths. Dong Qiang, an unlucky bastard, didn't even know what mistakes he made until he fainted.
Niu Fu beat Dong Qiang, the culprit, half to death, and still didn't understand his hatred, and casually pointed to the soapy clothes and ruffians who were about to flee when he saw that the situation was not right, and ordered loudly: "Press all these thieves who dare to attack the general into death row, and wait for the lord to fall."
With the order, Niu Fu did not forget to set a nature for them, and now the only thing he can do may be this. As for how to get Jiang Qi's forgiveness, it depends on his old father-in-law, after all, if he wants to see Jiang Qi at this level, it is no less difficult than his wife and his concubine.
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The winter night sky is clear and starry, and the cold wind blowing from the valley sweeps through the scattered bonfires, lifting a few withered fallen leaves and drifting into the distance.
Jiang Qi, who was sitting by the bonfire, smiled and said to Xiu'er, who had been worried for a day, "What? Got something to ask? β
Jiang Qi has not been in a very good mood during the day, basically has not said a word, and has been in a hurry. Naturally, he also found that this little girl, who was originally quite likable, was silent.
"Childeγγ, Xiu, Xiu'er γγγ", Xiu'er looked at the samurai lying with a sword next to the low tent, and was a little afraid that one would accidentally say something wrong.
Seeing his expression, Jiang Qi also understood very well, it was normal for a little girl from the countryside to have the idea of retreating when she saw this scene today. casually expressed her concerns: "If you have something to say, you might as well speak up, if you want to go, let someone send you a good horse to make it easy to get on the road." β
"Noγγγ no! Xiu'er said that she would serve her son for the rest of her life! Hearing that Jiang Qi was going to drive herself away, Xiu'er also forgot that she was afraid and fell to her knees at once.
Although she has not been in contact with the newly met Jiang Qi for a long time, she knows that Jiang Qi does not treat her as a subordinate, and she is really good to her, that is, she protects herself when she encounters danger during the day.
"Get up." Jiang Qi glared at the sword guard who was peeking at the sound, and casually helped Xiu'er up and said in a complaining tone: "Then now you can say what you wanted to ask just now, right?" β
Seeing this scene, Xiu'er, who was still a little girl, couldn't help but burst into tears and laughed, wiped her tears and asked with great curiosity: "Xiu, Xiu'er is, I just want to ask if the son is an official?" Why do so many people have to kneel when they see Gongzi, and just now in Anyi City, the person who looks like a general seems to be very afraid of the young master? β
"Then guess what kind of official a certain family is?" Jiang Qi sat down cross-legged together, smiled and looked at some innocent girls and asked, Jiang Qi himself didn't know why, since he saw this girl named Xiu'er, his originally troubled heart was inexplicably quiet, this feeling he had never appeared before, as if he had let go of all the defenses in his heart.
Xiu'er rolled her big eyes, imagined the majestic county lieutenant who wore armor in and out of the city in her hometown, and hugged many soldiers in front and back, and said with a smile: "Wellγγγ Xiu'er thinks that Gongzi should be a general, at least bigger than the captain in the township who rides a tall horse. After speaking, she looked at Jiang Qi with a smile on her face full of expectation, hoping to get an answer.
After listening to Xiu'er's words, Jiang Qi smiled lightly, casually pointed to the two sword guards nearby, and made an analogy: "Hahahaγγγ Xiu'er, I didn't expect you to be a girl with some imagination, but you guessed wrong, did you see those two guards?" If these people want to go down and become officials, they are at least the county lieutenants in your mouth. β
Of course, Jiang Qi's analogy is not an exaggeration at all, he was going to take out a few old men in the sword guard to serve as county lieutenants in Jizhou counties, but when they heard about it, they found excuses to train scouts in various battalions, but no one wanted to be an official. In the end, Jiang Qi had no choice but to select some officials at all levels who had made military exploits and were a little injured.
Following Jiang Qi's fingers, Xiu'er looked back at the two guards who looked like statues in some surprise, and finally opened her mouth in disbelief.
The biggest official she had ever seen before was just the county lieutenant who hugged and exploited the villagers all day long, but now I heard my son-in-law say that the gatekeepers of his family are older than this county lieutenant, how is this possible, is this my son-in-law a relative of the emperor.
Thinking of the emperor's relatives and relatives, Xiu'er remembered that she still didn't know what the name of her son-in-law was, if the surname 'Liu' was the surname of the country, then it should be right.
Jiang Qi looked at Xiu'er, whose face changed after being surprised, smiled and said, "Xiu'er, now I must be thinking about whether a certain family is a relative of the emperor or a prince, right?" β
"How does the young master knowγγγγ" Xiu'er smiled awkwardly and stuck out her cute tongue.
"Hahaha, then you treat me as a relative of the emperor. Okay, it's not too early, let's rest early. β
Jiang Qi's smile didn't break it, since he had decided earlier that he couldn't be too involved with this charming-looking woman, he naturally didn't need to explain more. After laughing, Jiang Qi gently patted her thin shoulder and walked into his small marching tent.