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After Yijing finished discussing with the battalion commanders on the left, he saw Qin Zuoxi hurried in.

"What's the matter?"

"There was news from the former court that Gan Biao made an appearance on the sage, saying that the bandits in Xiacheng were in chaos, and Xiacheng was the place where the former Yuanwailang worked. Because Jiang Yuan was dissatisfied with being an official, the person who untied the bell had to tie it. Therefore, Your Majesty, please send Wailang to the south. In order to protect him from any danger, order the Seventh Battalion of the Ningwu Army to accompany him to guard." Qin Zuoxi said in a hurry.

Hearing this, Yijing was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed out loud, sitting high in the main seat, which was really out of place.

"Commander!" Qin Zuoxi couldn't help reminding: "Why are you laughing? This is undoubtedly a crime of intentional crime. I want to take advantage of the chaos to kill Master Gu and Chang Ming."

"Gan Biao really planned that," Yijing said with a mocking smile, "but Gan Yi must have been furious when she heard about it. Having such a brother is really a headache."

Qin Zuoxi was stunned.

Yijing said: "The bandits caused chaos after Gu Xiaowu left Xiacheng. What's more, Chang Ming led an escort, so it may not be easy to get rid of, but he messed up on his own. The mind of a saint never It depends on which civil servant and military general."

Qin Zuoxi seemed to understand, and continued to ask: "But we still don't know the exact number of bandits. Even if the suppression of the bandits goes well, if there is a reason to make it difficult for Yuanwailang to return to the capital..."

"I have heard about the bandits in Xiacheng, and I believe that Gu Xiaowu also has his own considerations. What's more, Ning Wu's elite soldiers and strong generals, bandits and mobs, it is not hopeless to win more with less. If we need to act, the sage will recall Gu Xiaowu back to Wangcheng in order to restrain Gan Xiang's forces, and I will also order Chang Ming to tell Gu Xiaowu to make her feel at ease."

"My lord, the eldest son of Ling Junhou's mansion has delivered a letter." The sergeant outside the door suddenly reported.

Gan Yi really scolded Gan Biao severely.

"Last time at the martial arts dinner, you also saw that man named Li Changming, not to mention that he was supported by Yijing, can you really guarantee to get rid of them halfway?!"

"We had nothing to do in the previous dynasty. If Gu Xiaowu was not allowed to leave the royal city, there would be no chance of using this last assassination move. What's more, the person who guarded Gu Xiaowu was a person, Jiang Yuan, and Yijing's confidant. Isn't this killing three birds with one stone?" Gan Biao retorted dissatisfiedly.

Gan Yi beat her chest helplessly: "In the previous court, Gu Xiaowu was tortured to the point where she couldn't hold her head up, and she was kicked out of the officialdom, but why did you kill the chicken to get the eggs? Besides, you have nothing to do with her in the previous court." Is there a way to leave Wangcheng? You underestimate that Ningwu commander, and you don’t understand the saint too much! He is not Xingzhu, but Hesheng!"

Gan Biao still looked confused.

Chang Ming had just returned to Jianhe Valley, and he heard Chu Guangliang report that Yijing had ordered that as long as Chang Ming returned to the valley, he would immediately set off to look for him at any time.

It was already night now, and Xuanwu Pavilion was pitch-black. Presumably, Yijing had already returned to his residence, so Chang Ming hurried away before he could think about it.

It was Xiao Shengya who opened the door, and when he saw Chang Ming coming, he smiled and said softly: "The third master is waiting for you, I will take you to the study."

"There is Lao Qingzi."

Xiao Shengya treats people with gentleness and kindness, even though Chang Ming is cold to everyone, but every time he sees Xiao Shengya, he can't help but smile softly.

Yijing is in the study, accompanying his youngest daughter Xiao Tingyu to study. The eldest son Xiao Tingxue went on a trip a year ago, and occasionally wrote back, but he may not be home for a long time.Seeing Chang Ming's arrival, before Yijing could speak, Xiao Tingyu had already put away his books and stood up, obediently saluting Chang Ming.

Chang Ming smiled and said, "Ting Yu is 16 years old, I feel like I haven't seen you for a long time."

Instead, Xiao Tingyu said angrily: "It's you who haven't come for a long time! I can't just go to the training place in front of the mountain. You haven't been here since you came back from the battlefield. I wanted to find you but was told that you came home too late. I don't want to wait."

"Okay, okay," Chang Ming said helplessly, "It's my fault. I'll roast rabbit meat for you next time."

Xiao Tingyu blinked at his father, made an agreement with Chang Ming and left.

"The commander of the army summoned the next officer?"

Yi Jing nodded, got down on his own, took the long box on the table, and entrusted it to Chang Ming.

"You take this, maybe tomorrow the sage will issue an order to order you to lead the Seventh Battalion to follow Gu Xiaowu to the south and go to Xia City to deal with the bandit rebellion."

Chang Ming was startled, then nodded, and took the box Yijing gave him, feeling heavy, and his heart skipped a beat.

"See if you can handle it."

Chang Ming froze in place after opening the box.

A standard and simple horizontal knife.Compared with his own horizontal knife, the blade of this horizontal knife is wider and slightly extended.The blade is more than two inches wide and three feet five inches long. The handle and scabbard are made of ebony. The whole body is smooth and integrated. There are no decorative gemstones on it. At first glance, I thought it was a piece of ebony, and the handle was elongated. , the fine lines on it are exquisite, not obvious, enough to be held with both hands without slipping, and the end is decorated with hanging tassels, which is obviously superfluous for a horizontal knife, but it is not too unreasonable. If you look closely, the fringe of the knife is woven from ice silk that is impenetrable by water and fire, and that keeps the knife and sword constant.

Chang Ming put down the box, took out the horizontal knife, and with a movement of his hand, drew the knife out of its sheath. The weight of this knife was no less than his two long and one short combined. The back of the knife was thicker and more imposing. The sense of urgency is one that can be imagined without even waving it.

Yijing's eyes wandered over the edge of the blade, his meaning was cold, like the moonlight reflecting on the iron, he said calmly: "This knife has another mechanism", as he said, he grabbed the fringe of the knife and yanked it hard, unexpectedly from the big Another horizontal knife, about one foot five inches shorter and with a narrow blade, was pulled out from the horizontal knife.

Chang Ming was dumbfounded.

"You are good at horizontal knives, but when you kill enemies on the battlefield, your horizontal knives are too thin to show their power, and you carry two long and short horizontal knives, which are inconvenient to bear and easy to break, so this horizontal knives are made of fine iron , the two swords can be separated or combined, and the single sword can be used to emphasize strength."

Chang Ming put the short horizontal knife back into the long horizontal knife, and put the long horizontal knife back into the scabbard. After carefully playing with it for a long time, he forgot that Yijing was still here, and said with sincere emotion: "There are such exquisite weapons in the world!"

Yijing smiled and said nothing.

"Xiaguan..." Just as Changming was about to give a big gift to thank him, he was supported by Yijing.

"You don't need to say thank you, just use it."

"But such an exquisite thing, from drawing to forging, let alone a masterpiece in the world, I am afraid that the price is not cheap, let alone smelting it with refined iron... I can use my salary to repay the commander of the army!" Chang Ming held the horizontal knife , the look of being fond of putting it down and his eyes shining made Yijing couldn't help laughing, but he waved his hand and said no.

"The commander of the army is like this, it's really uncomfortable for the lower officials..." Chang Ming said cautiously while holding the horizontal knife.

These words made Yijing distracted for a while, so he could only say: "It's okay, use it first, and I will tell you after I figure out how to repay it. The most urgent thing is to travel south. Maybe the imperial decree will arrive tomorrow, so you can arrange it as soon as possible."

"Yes, I will protect Mr. Gu with all my strength."

"Not only Gu Xiaowu, but also yourself," Yijing said, "You should know that as a battalion commander, in addition to uniting the battalion, you must also take care of yourself."

"The next official will keep it in mind."

Yijing sighed: "You don't have to worry too much. There is something wrong with this incident. You might as well listen to Gu Xiaowu's thoughts, or there may be a turning point, but Gan Biao will definitely send people to chase him down. You need to be careful all the way. After this matter is over , even if something happens that makes it difficult for Gu Xiaowu to return to Beijing, I can still call you back to Jianhe Valley."

Chang Ming lowered his head to look at the horizontal knife he was holding tightly, and then at Yijing, with a hesitant expression on his face, he still asked: "General Commander, did you really order your subordinates to guard Mr. Gu southward for the Seventh Battalion Commander? Xiaguan knows that everything is going well today thanks to the army commander, Xiaguan is a Jiangyuan, and he is too young."

Yijing turned his head, looked straight into his eyes, and said: "I am also the acting commander at the age of 20, and I am the commander of Ningwu at the age of 23. It's not because I am the leader of Xingwu, and you shouldn't underestimate yourself." .”

"Since the commander-in-chief is Xingzhu, why should he follow Prime Minister Su and insist on Jiang Yuan's entry into the court?"

Yijing was silent for a while, and said: "Maybe it's because of the same illness..."

Chang Ming was even more puzzled.

"Since you have already taken the position of battalion commander, you should act as the battalion commander of Ningwu, just like you were born as Jiangyuan, and you will stand in the court as Jiangyuan, not as Hesheng, nor as Xingzhu. The entry of the Yuan Dynasty into the dynasty did not happen overnight, and there were also people with good intentions who were in every possible way, but the governance of the world is peaceful and fair, and it cannot be said that the eagle cannot fly high because of not opening the cage."

Chang Ming clenched the horizontal knife in his hand, looked up at Yijing's calm and majestic face speechlessly for a while, and bowed deeply.

"I haven't asked the commander of the army yet, does this knife have a name?"

"Frost is flying all over the world."

Three days later, Gu Xiaowu, the guard of Ningwu Seventh Battalion, went to Xia City.

Yijing sent everyone from the Seventh Battalion to the gate of Wangcheng to meet Gu Xiaowu and his party. They said it was a party, but in fact there were only two people, and Chang Ming knew each other, Gu Xiaowu and Luo Jianghong.

"You're here too?" Chang Ming asked in surprise.

"The next official will go south with Mr. Gu as an assistant." Luo Jianghong said politely.

Chang Ming nodded in answer.

After Yijing and Changming had confirmed the number of people and the carriages and horses, they left without further delay, and Chang Ming didn't say anything more. Gu Xiaowu retreated into the car together.

After briefly explaining the meaning of Yijing, Gu Xiaowu nodded in admiration, but his face was still full of gloom, and Chang Ming continued to comfort him: "My lord, don't be too concerned, the commander has already sent people to guard the young lady, and take the young lady to hide Mountains and forests will not be easily found."

Only then did Gu Xiaowu smile wryly: "On the day of return, please ask the battalion commander to thank the army commander on behalf of Xiaowu."

Chang Ming smiled but did not answer, but instead asked: "What happened to Luo Jianghong? Why did you accompany me?"

"He didn't have any support in the court. Last time when the official department was busy, he was late because of some business, so he was disgusted by Lord Shangshu. This time, I sent him because I, as the envoy of the emperor, needed a civil servant to accompany me. gone."

Chang Ming was stunned for a moment, and didn't know how to answer, so he could only ask, "Is it the day I went to see the adults?"

Gu Xiaowu thought for a while, and said: "It's been a long time, Moyue was also at that time, so I don't know much about it."

Now Chang Ming is even more restless, and the guilt is beyond words. Although he thought that maybe he was late at other times and was caught by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, which has nothing to do with him, but this reason is really hard to convince him. Own.

Gu Xiaowu who was beside her seemed to notice something strange, so she asked with concern: "What's wrong with the battalion commander?"

"It's nothing." Chang Ming shook his head, restrained his expression, and asked, "What is your lord going to do this time?"

"I worked in Xiacheng a year ago. Because of the famine and the war, there were bandits everywhere. However, the saint was wise and opened the warehouse to send the bright. I also discussed with the prefect at that time to give them arable land, and the bandits were also calmed down. Later, some of these people were recruited to enrich the city guards and arrest government servants, while the other part cultivated land for a living."

Chang Ming nodded with a vague understanding, and saw Gu Xiaowu frowned, "Afterwards, due to merit, I went to Wangcheng to take up a post with the prefect. Not visible."

"Probably because he has contacts with the two prime ministers, so he handles things smoothly. Xiacheng is the prefect. Xiacheng is located on the bank of the Yangtze River. The soil is rich and sweet, and the grain production is quite large, which is enough for him to live comfortably."

Gu Xiaowu sighed and said: "The rest of the matter, we have to figure it out after arriving in Xia City."

"Gan Biao may not let you go," Chang Ming said coldly, "To ensure your lord's journey is safe, I will make arrangements on the road, but it is hard to say that it will be safe. If you get lost on the road, please go to Wugu Village on the outskirts of Xiacheng to meet us." .”

"Okay, everything depends on the arrangement of the battalion commander."

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System prompt: The player [Li Changming] has obtained the orange bound weapon [Tianxia Flying Frost]