Be a master through ancient times

It has been more than two months since the last letter was received. During this period, the correspondence between Chu Ci and Kou Jing has returned to the previous frequency, or even higher.

In the letter, Chuci and the others inevitably asked about Steward Xu. When he learned that he was injured and recuperating, the crying Bao Zhongliyu really became tearful. With everyone's comfort, he calmed down and went to I wrote to Butler Xu.

Afterwards, Kou Jing mentioned his promotion. Because of his outstanding performance in the battle on the southwest border and Li Zhi's praise, he was rewarded by the emperor for his meritorious service, and he was named a general of Chinan and led the officialdom. With a third-rank title, there can be three lieutenants under his command, six people from a thousand households, and it stands to reason that he can command more than [-] soldiers and horses.

After he won the award, Li Zhi originally wanted to use this matter to seek favor with him, but when his son-in-law, Vice General Wu whispered a few words in his ear, he immediately changed his expression and did not mention this again.

It turned out that the reason why Kou Jing's reward came down so quickly was not because of Li Zhi's few good words, but because Tianhe Emperor learned about everyone's achievements from the spies in the military camp.That is to say, if Li Zhi had selfish intentions at that time, he would probably have to make a note of it with the Holy One.

Kou Jing was named a general, and he was in the limelight for a while, but then someone said that the soldiers and horses under the imperial city were the only ones, except for the patrol battalion, the Jingji battalion and the Shenji battalion, they were the soldiers responsible for patrolling the city. There is no extra manpower for him to command.When some people heard about it and began to laugh secretly at the general who had made great achievements in name only, an imperial decree came down and made them all shut up.

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It turned out that when Mu Yuanxiu and his party returned to the capital not long ago, they were intercepted and killed two miles away from the gate of the city.Those people looked very ordinary, and their clothes were exactly the same as the ordinary people on the road. They were fierce and deadly, and it seemed that they were not prepared to survive.

Seeing that these people accompanied by Mu Yuanxiu were about to be unable to resist, they happened to meet Kou Jing and others who were returning to the city from training. They not only rescued Mu Yuanxiu and others, but also arrested all the killers.

Mu Yuanxiu had lingering fears, and they disguised themselves along the way in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, so that they could return to the capital safely.When they were in Southern Fujian, the ships responsible for attracting attention encountered two waves of people. Those people pretended to be water bandits and wanted to rob the ship, but they were all solved by the soldiers on board.

After leaving Southern Fujian, more people wanted to intercept them halfway.Mu Yuanxiu and his group followed far behind. Every time they saw the traces left by the advance troops fighting with the killers, they couldn't help being afraid.If they hadn't taken precautions earlier, I'm afraid there would be no bones left, right?

As the time progressed, more and more killers were dispatched. In the most dangerous time, the advance troops were almost wiped out. Fortunately, the local defenders came in time to save them.That time, they rested there for three or four days before starting again.

I don't know if it's because the distance from the capital is getting closer, the number of people chasing and killing them has become less. When they stepped into Haiping Mansion, those killers suddenly disappeared and never appeared again.

Mu Yuanxiu and the others did not let down their vigilance, they still followed behind them pretending to be a group of merchants.It wasn't until they were about to arrive in the capital that the group of killers saw that they had no chance, so they put all their eggs in one basket and vowed to prevent them from reaching the capital.

Later, according to those killers, they actually followed along the way, but they held back only when spies reported that the prisoner was not on board.After the two teams joined forces, they chose the most relaxing time to rush out.

The rescued Mu Yuanxiu went to the palace to report on his duties under the escort of Kou Jing.When Emperor Tianhe heard about what happened to him along the way, Longyan was furious, and directly issued an imperial decree to find out the origins of those people.The guilty minister Lin Futong was also sent to Dali Temple for strict supervision, and no one was allowed to enter without the Holy Master's handwriting.

Afterwards, Tianhedi secretly entered the cell where he was held, and stayed there for an hour.At that time, no one followed, and I don't know what they said. I only know that Tianhedi looked a little dazed when he came out.The next day, Lin Futong was pushed to the execution ground and beheaded for public display. His relatives were also killed and exiled according to the previous order.

Lin Fuyi died, and the matter of investigating the origin of those killers was over.Mu Yuanxiu still had a lot of doubts about this case. It can be seen that Tianhedi used such resolute methods, so he dared not continue to investigate further.He realized that the background of the person behind this might be beyond his imagination.

Soon after the case, Tianhe Emperor fell seriously ill.After he recovered from his illness, he suddenly became moody. One day, he reprimanded the first prince and the second prince in succession in the court hall, scolding them bloody.Then he scolded the remaining three princes, six princes and seven princes in the harem, and even confined them in the palace, punishing them to copy the filial piety every day.

Everyone was terrified by Tianhedi's actions, the court hall was exceptionally quiet these days, and even those ministers who usually like to fight, did not dare to argue about everything as before. First and last.

Fortunately, the storm was just that.After Tianhe Emperor's mood calmed down, he immediately crowned both the First Prince and the Second Prince as kings. They usually rely heavily on the court, so they should be asked for their opinions on everything.

The ministers in the court seemed to smell something unusual. Right now, the other princes are still under confinement, and they have been reprimanded by the emperor for being unfilial—in their view, punishing copying the scriptures of filial piety is a sign of unfilial piety—it seems that this The candidate for the position should be decided between the eldest prince and the second prince.For a moment, the two princes were crowded with each other, and everyone was hurrying to find a future for themselves.

At this time, Emperor Tianhe issued an imperial edict, which said that due to the turmoil in Southern Fujian Province, many positions were empty, so he appointed many people to fill the vacancies, among them the newly promoted Chinan General Kou Jing is in this column.

Accompanying him were hundreds of officials, besides small officials from various yamen, some of them were Juren who were waiting to be replaced in the capital.Some of the selected people resigned to their fate to pack their luggage, while others packed their bags desperately, hoping to escape.In the end, when the travel list was confirmed, it was quite different from the first time.

Most of them are unhappy when they are about to leave the capital, the center of power and politics, except for Kou Jing.

Ever since he received the imperial decree, he was in a state of excitement, and he went out to practice with a spear for more than an hour before he calmed down a little.

After taking a bath and changing clothes, he went to the study room, quickly spread paper and rubbed ink, and then told Chu Ci the good news.They haven't seen each other for more than three years. Although at the beginning they could write letters, but in the past year, they can't even write letters. How cruel it is for a pair of lovers.

Now he has been appointed by the emperor as General Zuo in the Southern Fujian Navy Battalion, and he can finally get his long-cherished wish fulfilled!I heard that Brother Ci recognized a daughter for him. Is he going to start buying a dowry?

Just as Kou Jing's thoughts were racing, there was a sudden knock on the door of the study.

"Come in." Kou Jing looked up to the door, and then saw Butler Xu pushing the door and coming in.

"Master, there are distinguished guests outside!" Steward Xu said with a look of surprise, "Hurry up and go there."

While urging, he asked his servants to change the prepared clothes on Kou Jing.

Kou Jing didn't know, so, what kind of guest could make Xu Shu happy?

When he saw the visitor, doubts arose in his heart, this distinguished guest was a distinguished guest, but it didn't seem to fit well with his general's mansion, because the visitor was the head of civil servants, Mrs. Wen Bing.

This Mrs. Wen didn't like to play tricks, and she didn't go to court for almost half a year. Every time the emperor wanted to see him, he would be summoned to the imperial study alone.

As a result, many officials didn't know him very well, and some of the newly promoted officials had never even met him, let alone the military officers who had always had a bad impression of civil servants.

"Is General Kou very strange about the old man's visit?" Mrs. Wen asked straight to the point.

Kou Jing said: "I really don't know the purpose of your visit, Mrs. Wen, and I hope you will give me some advice."

"It's like this, this old man will go to Nanfu Province with you this time. I heard that the emperor has handed over the matter to General Kou, so I came to say hello. A few children go up." Mrs. Wen proposed with a smile, without any sense of shame about going through the back door.

Although Kou Jing was surprised that he would also go to Nanfu, she thought that maybe the emperor had some secret intention to let him go on business, so she didn't think too much about it.As for how many children Mrs. Wen said she wanted to take with her, that wasn't a problem. There were many people accompanying them along the way, and some officials also brought their family members along, so we should make arrangements together at that time.

Kou Jing, who agreed without hesitation, did not expect what would happen next, otherwise he would not have agreed.