Chu Xianglong had lunch, ordered his entourage to make a cup of tea, he held the hot tea, took a sip, and asked:

"How is the princess doing?"

"Stayed in the room all the time. "Retinue.

In that luxurious and spacious room, the princess who lived was actually a puppet, and the real princess went out to wander around all day long, mingling among ordinary maidservants.

Sometimes she would go to the gang's house to steal food, or watch the boatman cast his net to catch fish with great interest, and she stood aside and gave a blind command.

Far from being angry, the boatmen had a great affection for this mediocre old maid, and several boatmen who had accumulated a lot of money and had not yet started a family were secretly inquiring about the situation of the old aunt.

This is the charm of the princess, even if she has an ordinary appearance, after getting along for a long time, she can make a man fall in love.

Therefore, Chu Xianglong strictly forbade the soldiers to go on the deck, and strictly forbade men to contact the princess in private. But he could not say it openly, and he could not show extraordinary concern for a servant.

"Go north as soon as possible, and when you reach Chuzhou to meet the army sent by the prince, you will be completely safe. Chu Xianglong let out a sigh.

It was undoubtedly a wise decision to mingle in the Investigation Mission. Before leaving, even the organizer Xu Qi'an and other high-ranking officials did not know that the princess was with him.

Then he suddenly heard the sound of dense footsteps, coming from the deck, followed by the men's bold laughter.

The bilge guards came out.......... Chu Xianglong's face sank, and then his anger swelled, and he repeatedly warned the big-headed soldiers under him not to board the deck.

Actually take his words as wind in your ears?

Chu Xianglong walked out of the room, crossed the corridor, came to the deck, and saw groups of soldiers, carrying toilets, pouring filth into the river, and when the wind came, the smell came into his nose.

Centurion Chen Xiao stood on the deck and shouted, "Remember to clean the gong bucket after pouring." ”

"Okay!"

The soldiers shouted yes, smiles on their faces.

Chu Xianglong stood with his hands in his hands, his face was gloomy and serious, and shouted, "Who asked you to come up." ”

The noise suddenly stopped, and the soldiers hurriedly put down the toilet bowl, looked at each other, some were at a loss, lowered their heads, and did not dare to speak.

Chu Xianglong scolded: "Do you think that if there are too many people, the law will not blame the public? ”

In the morning, the sound of noisy footsteps came, and the guards brought by Chu Xianglong came around from the other side of the deck, carrying military staff in their hands.

"General Chu, this, this ......."

Chen Xiao was in a hurry, the reason why he didn't immediately explain the situation and tell Chu Xianglong that it was Xu Yingong's permission was because it would make people feel that he was arching the fire and instigating the two adults to cause conflicts.

And Xu Qi'an happened to return to the room, he must have heard the movement outside, if he was really willing to stand up for the forbidden army, he would come out.

On the contrary, it shows that he is unwilling to clash with General Chu, after all, this General Chu is the deputy general of the king of Zhenbei and a big man with military power.

"Why is General Chu angry, I asked them to come up and brush the bucket. ”

Finally, the expectant voices of the forbidden soldiers came out of the cabin, and with the sound of light but strong footsteps, Xu Qi'an, who was wearing a silver gong uniform, pressed the knife with one hand and walked out.

Chu Xianglong turned around and stared at Xu Qi'an, in an aggressive tone:

"You don't know my orders, if not, let them go back at once, and promise not to come out again. If so, then I need an explanation. ”

Chen Xiao stiffened his head and hugged his fists and said: "General Chu, it's like this, a few soldiers are sick, and they are helpless to ask Lord Xu for help........

Either you're very righteous or you're smart........ Xu Qi'an commented in his heart, but said, "Is there a place for you to speak?" ”

Chen Xiao lowered his head and stopped speaking, and his eyes flashed with gratitude.

Xu Yingong is going to take him out.

After reprimanding the centurion, Xu Qi'an stared at Chu Xianglong and said in a deep voice:

"General Chu wants to explain? Why don't you go to the bilge yourself, if you can stay there for a few days, your feelings will be even more profound. I have decided that in the future, from the beginning of the hour to the end of the hour, the bilge forbidden army can enter and exit freely. From the beginning of noon to the end of noon, you can come and go freely. From the beginning of the application to the end of the application time, you can enter and exit freely. ”

It is possible to move on the deck for six hours a day.

This is not only effective in improving air quality, but also beneficial to the physical and mental health of the soldiers.

On the deck, the soldiers exchanged happy faces and excited eyes. The wind and waves are strong, the bilge is shaking and bumping, and there is a strange smell that makes people want to vomit.

Besides, you have to eat dry food in such an environment. Physical discomfort is one thing, and psychological torture is the most tormenting.

Chu Xianglong said lightly: "Lord Xu doesn't know how to lead soldiers, so don't point fingers." What is this suffering? When you really go to the battlefield, you have to eat even the mud, and you have to lie down in the pile of corpses to eat. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Xu Qi'an with a sneer, undisguised his disdain and contempt.

Xu Qi'an countered-for-tat and retorted: "General Chu is a battle-hardened veteran, and I am inferior to you in leading troops." But if you want to talk to me, I can talk to you. ”

After a pause, he took a step forward, stared at Chu Xianglong, and asked:

"You also said that it is a war, and it can be the same as usual in extraordinary times? The soldiers under General Chu also live in the latrine every day, gnawing dry food in the smell of feces and urine?

"These soldiers are elite, they usually train just as hard, and they know how to fight. But hard work and torture are not the same thing. Raising soldiers for thousands of miles and using soldiers for a while, and you don't even know how to raise soldiers, how do you lead soldiers? How do you fight?

"To put it bluntly, these are not your soldiers, so you don't treat them as human beings. ”

Well said!

Chen Xiao yelled in his heart, in the past few days, he looked at the soldiers with a decadent complexion, and he was very distressed. Because these are his soldiers.

Chu Xianglong doesn't treat them as human beings, isn't it because these soldiers are not his.

Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, Xu Yinluo is worthy of being the poet of Dafeng......... Chen Xiao admired from the bottom of his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this sentence was a wise saying.

The soldiers lowered their heads, gritted their teeth, and although they did not speak, their fists were slightly clenched, revealing the indignation in their hearts.

They are the lowest soldiers, and they really have no status, but soldiers are also human beings and have emotions.

Chu Xianglong seemed to be enraged, his expression was both unruly and fierce, he stepped forward, let his face be very close to Xu Qi'an's face, and asked sharply:

"You're teaching me how to do things? What are you? ”

"I wonder if it was because you softened too quickly last time, and you easily succeeded. So that in your heart, there is a misunderstanding?"

Xu Qi'an took a step back and distanced himself from Chu Xianglong.

Such a move, in Chu Xianglong's eyes, is naturally timid. That's right, Xu Qi'an's first impression in his heart was: he has excellent talent, but he is greedy for power, and he can control and suppress it with greater power.

This is in line with the image shown by Xu Qi'an in the imperial examination fraud case, which easily allowed him to get the Vajra Miracle, and he didn't even dare to regret it afterwards, and sent the Buddha statue to the door in a hurry.

Many martial artists are willing to be dogs, and even though they are powerful, they grovel to high-ranking officials, because such people are greedy for power.

"Isn't it?" Chu Xianglong said disdainfully.

As soon as the words fell, he saw Xu Qi'an, who took a step back, suddenly turned around, and swept his waist with a fierce whip leg.

Without any warning, just do it.

Chu Xianglong crossed his hands to block, and with a bang, the gas exploded into ripples, and he seemed to have been hit by a siege tree, his legs slipped back, and his back hit the bulkhead hard.

The sturdy wooden walls snapped and cracked.

A little gold paint lit up from Xu Qi'an's eyebrows, and quickly walked all over his body, revealing a brilliant golden body, and said word by word: "I'm very short-tempered, pounce on the boy." ”

Wei Yuan reminded him to have a good relationship with the people of the king of Zhenbei, this is to make it more convenient to investigate the case and not to encounter difficulties in everything.

But Wei Yuan definitely didn't want him to grovel, he greeted the people of the king of Zhenbei with a smile, slapped the left cheek, and even leaned up to the right cheek.

Because, if there is no clue about the case, he, the host appointed by the imperial court, can return to Beijing safe and sound. If the evidence against King Zhenbei is really found, even if he and Chu Xianglong are friends, it will not help.

Xu Qi'an couldn't get used to Chu Xianglong for a long time, so he took advantage of the death of his little brother and fell into the well to steal his King Kong magic skills.

Chu Xianglong, whose arms were sore and affected by the old injuries in the meridians, stared at Xu Qi'an in disbelief.

How dare he do it?

He really felt that he was a little silver gong, offended by the general who held real power and the deputy general of the king of Zhenbei?

"General!"

Chu Xianglong's guards were furious, and they rushed over, holding their military staffs, and pointed at Xu Qi'an.

As long as Chu Xianglong gave an order, they went up to subdue this arrogant boy.

"Lord Xu!"

Hundreds of forbidden soldiers rushed over at the same time, surrounding Xu Qi'an, and confronting Chu Xianglong's guards with a solemn expression.

Their position is very clear, although the forbidden army and Yinluo are different yamen and do not interfere with each other, Xu Qi'an is now the presiding officer and the supreme leader of the mission.

Moreover, based on what he just said, it is worth fighting for him.

"Stop!"

The cheers came from the cabin, and several officials who had heard the news hurried out.

The two imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the chief catcher of the Criminal Department, and the Sicheng of Dali Temple, are followed by their respective guards and arresters.

As soon as the two imperial historians came up, they said in a loud voice: "If you have something to say, why should the two adults do it?"

Dali Temple Cheng glanced at the cracked wall, as well as Xu Qi'an, who had a golden body, and said with a strange yin and yang aura:

"Lord Xu is very skilled, this divine skill, I'm afraid that the whole ship together, is not your opponent. ”

"You've come just in time. ”

Chu Xianglong glared at Xu Qi'an viciously, told him what had just happened, pointed at Xu Qi'an and said:

"The soldier's matter is just the reason for him to provoke trouble, and the real purpose is to take revenge on General Ben, how do several adults think this matter should be handled. ”

Dali Temple immediately said: "There are female dependents on the ship, and soldiers should not be on the deck." The officer felt that General Chu's order was reasonable. ”

The head catcher of the Criminal Department said lightly: "In my opinion, Lord Xu might as well apologize, and the forbidden army will return to the bilge and not go out." This is the end of the matter. We should be united on this trip north. ”

The two imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate agreed.

The idea of the officials of the three divisions is very simple, first of all, they themselves do not like Xu Qi'an, this son has a festival with the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Secondly, it is necessary to have a good relationship with the deputy general of the king of Zhenbei on this northward trip.

The movement on the deck alarmed the princess who was drinking tea in the room, and she heard the sound and saw a group of palace maids gathered in the corridor leading to the deck.

"What's going on?" she asked, with a frown.

The maidservants turned their heads and glanced at her, and some did not like the commanding tone of the old maidservant, and said in a twitter:

"General Chu and Xu Yinluo clashed, and they almost fought. ”

It seems that because General Chu did not allow the guards in the bilge to go on the deck, Xu Yinluo disagreed, so there was a conflict. ”

"Hmph, this Xu Yingong doesn't know how to lift, and he actually dares to make a move with General Chu, he is our Huai King's deputy general. Now several adults are on Vice General Chu's side and ask him to apologize. ”

"Although I admire Xu Yinluo very much, but this time it's wrong for him, these big-headed soldiers stink, how much of an eyesore. It's not going to be good for us to go to the deck to blow the wind in the future. ”

The princess tried to squeeze the maid away, but she didn't expect that the girls who were usually respectful to her not only did not give way, but reasonably blocked her back.

The princess was so angry that she couldn't see the scene on the deck, but fortunately, the maids were quiet at this moment, and she heard Xu Qi'an's sneer:

"I'm the host appointed by His Majesty, and I'm in charge of this boat. ”

Dali Temple Cheng retorted: "It's true that you are the organizer, but the mission doesn't have the final say, otherwise, what's the use of me waiting?"

The head of the criminal department was arrested: "Your Majesty's will is that the three divisions and the watchman will cooperate to handle the case, if Lord Xu wants to engage in a word, then the official can't agree." ”

The two imperial historians agreed with the words of the head catcher of the criminal department and the Dali Temple.

All of a sudden, the pressure was all on Xu Qi'an's side.

Even if he stubbornly refused to admit his mistakes, in front of everyone, he was squeezed out by fellow officials, and his prestige was gone......... The princess keenly captured the intentions of the officials.

She didn't think that this man who was dominant in the fighting method would be soft, but in this situation, it didn't matter whether he was soft or not.

Everyone present could see that the organizer Xu Yinluo was unpopular, and the officials in his company excluded him and suppressed him.

Once such an inherent concept is formed, the prestige of the organizer will plummet, and no one in the team will obey him, even if he is respectful on the surface, he will be disdainful in his heart.

"If it were King Huai, he would never encounter this situation, at least I have never seen King Huai encounter a similar dilemma. The princess thought to herself.

I don't know why, she always subconsciously compares King Huai with the young man on the deck.

After comparison, it was found that the situation of the two could not be generalized, after all, King Huai was a prince and a third-grade martial artist, far from being comparable to Xu Ningyan.

So, the princess muttered in her heart again: What will he do?

I don't think I'm going to give in........ Then I'm going to look down on him....... No, if he gives in, I will have a knack for mocking him........ She thought in her heart, and then, she heard Xu Qi'an's shouting:

"The generals listened to the order, this official as the presiding officer, went to the north to investigate the case by holy order, the matter is very important, in order to prevent someone from leaking secrets and making trouble, it is now necessary to expel idle people, etc., Chu Xianglong and his deployment. ”

On the spot, there were only four silver gongs, and eight gongs drew their blades to support Xu Qi'an.

The hundred forbidden soldiers on the deck were silent, as if they did not dare to mix.

The scene fell silent for a few seconds, and a soldier quietly returned to the bilge.

And then one, two, three......... More and more soldiers, bowing their heads, left the deck and returned to the bilge.

In a short time, the deck was emptied.

"Whew!"

Chu Xianglong's disdainful sneer was particularly harsh.

Dali Temple was full of ridicule and gloating.

The corners of the head of the criminal department hooked the corners of his mouth, his hands on his chest, leaning against the bulkhead, and posing to watch the play.

The two imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate shook their heads helplessly.

Suddenly, the sound of noisy footsteps stepping on the stairs came, and the practice of "oh oh oh" became one.

A hundred forbidden soldiers went and returned, and unlike just now, the toilets in their hands were replaced by standard sabers.

They went back to the bilge to get their weapons.

Chen Xiao held down the saber, walked to Xu Qi'an's side, and said in a deep voice: "Draw the knife!"

"Qiang ........"

The sound of drawing the sword sounded, and hundreds of soldiers drew their swords together, pointing at Chu Xianglong and others.

"You, are you going to rebel?" Dali Sicheng's face changed slightly, and he shouted angrily.

Chen Xiao was silent, licked his lips, stared sharply at Dali Temple, and then glanced at Xu Qi'an, it seemed that as long as Xu Yingong gave an order, he would dare to step forward and cut down this long-winded civil official.

Dali Temple Cheng felt a chill in his heart, and subconsciously took a few steps back, not daring to rise again.

The head of the criminal department changed from leaning against the wall to straightening his waist, his face changed from joking to serious, and he quietly clenched the knife in his hand, as if facing a great enemy.

As a martial artist, he saw the tenacity of will in the eyes of these forbidden soldiers, and he would never hesitate when wielding a steel sword.

Chu Xianglong's forehead was bruised, he still didn't believe that he, as the deputy general of Zhenbei Wang, would suffer such treatment. These low-level soldiers actually dared to draw their swords against themselves.

"Yang Yan!"

Chu Xianglong roared in a low voice: "Do you want to rebel against the guards, this general walks with the mission, it is His Majesty's dictation." ”

"Noise!" Yang Yan's voice came from the cabin, and his tone was cold: "I don't know about this. ”

"You ......."

Chu Xianglong's face suddenly turned pale, his expression changed several times, he stared at Xu Qi'an, gritted his teeth and said, "What do you want." ”

Xu Qi'an greeted the sun, his face was unruly, and said: "Three things, first, my decision just now is the same, the soldiers have six hours of free time every day. Second, remember who I am, there is no place for you to speak in the mission.

"Is there a problem?"

Chu Xianglong had a calm face and nodded slowly.

Xu Qi'an walked over with a knife and sneered: "Third, apologize to Lao Tzu." ”

In an instant, Chu Xianglong's face was slightly distorted, the green tendons on his forehead were bulging, and the muscles in his cheeks twitched.

But in the end, he relented and said in a low voice: "Xu, Lord Xu, adults have a lot, don't be like me." ”

Xu Qi'an snorted: "Sensible." ”

Behind him, a hundred forbidden soldiers grinned and showed a simple smile.

.............

PS: Thank you to the leader of the "half-step salted fish" for the reward, and thank you to the leader of the "missed free-range people" for the reward.

This chapter is a bit long to write, and it took half an hour to update, and I wanted to delay another half an hour to refine it, so I could only update it first, and then go back and refine the chapter.