The younger brother of the Red Chamber is a fighter

"Before the father left Beijing, Brother Le Fu told the father about Tu Yan. It was expected that he would go to the southwest. This kind of opportunity, most of them want to follow him. He can immediately think of you , I take you as my own." Tu Lingguang smiled, but his eyes were gloomy.

Lin Mingyu held his hand, stroked his palm for a while, and said slowly: "Don't you want me to go?"

Tu Lingguang nodded, then shook his head: "That's not the case."

He paused, looked at the shadow cast by the lantern in the corridor, and said with a gloomy expression: "If it is possible, I would rather be the one who accompanied you."

Lin Mingyu's fingers tightened, and she looked up to see his expression carefully.

But Tu Lingguang also turned his head, looked at him seriously and said: "Since you promised to be with me, I don't seem to have done anything with you. I really want you to stay by my side, but now I... Tu Yan Although he is young, he is steady. Brother Le Fu is a thoughtful and meticulous person, and I am relieved that you follow him. When you arrive in the southwest, go to my brother, and he will take care of you if you have anything to do. "

Lin Mingyu frowned slightly, Tu Lingguang had already pulled him into his arms, kissed his lips, blocked his unspoken words, and said softly: "Be obedient."

Lin Mingyu shrugged, but didn't say anything.

The temperature of the two people merged together, making the quiet corridor also give birth to some warmth out of thin air.

Su Buzhan somehow convinced his controlling uncle, and on the day of his departure, he was personally sent to Lefu Palace by two masters Su.Superintendent Su, who seldom interacts with the dignitaries on weekdays, exchanged greetings with King Lefu with a detached smile, and told Su trivially not to touch a basket of words, leaving behind the four guards who looked good at martial arts. , Only then did Mr. Su, who was clearly a genuine father but couldn't get in a word, exited in satisfaction.

Compared with Lin Mingyu, who was also traveling from the capital, but only brought a servant with him, there was a huge difference in the excitement at this end.Su Buzhan touched his head in embarrassment, and after paying respects to King Le Fu, he pulled Lin Mingyu aside to talk.

"It's so embarrassing. I told them not to let them come. The two old men insisted on coming. I lost my face. Fortunately, few people saw it. If it spreads to people's ears, maybe I can't use it. .”

Lin Mingyu listened to his complaint, and said cheerfully, "Don't worry, Mr. Du is sitting in the hall now, so he doesn't have time to watch your gossip. You should control yourself more, don't just go out and have fun, I don't care." It sounds like Mr. Su has a lot of tricks waiting for you."

Su Buzhan was in pain: "Don't mention it. My uncle's domineering strength can't be said anymore! But, who cares, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. When they arrive at the camp, they will not worry about being unable to send them away. Brother Ming, wait and see , I must do something, and propose marriage to the Du family when I come back!"

Lin Mingyu patted him on the shoulder to express his encouragement.

As he was talking, he heard footsteps.The two of them heard the sound and saw that the butler was leading two young people to the hall. They were both wearing official robes. The handsome and handsome one was Tu Lingguang in the front, and Lin Rui was the elegant and graceful one behind.

Lin Mingyu hurriedly went up to greet her, and saluted with a smile.

"Brother Tu, Brother Nine. Why are you here?"

Su Buzhan said hello, Tu Lingguang smiled and looked at Lin Rui.

Lin Rui said: "I came here to see you off when I got off the court. I happened to meet Mr. Tu. He also came to Le Fu Palace to bid farewell to the prince, so we came together. Are you all ready, when are you leaving?"

King Le Fu and his son, who heard the servant's announcement that they had come out, just heard this sentence. King Le Fu smiled and said, "I'm going to leave now. It's a coincidence that you two came."

After another ceremony, Tu Lingguang talked to King Le Fu, Lin Rui moved closer to Lin Mingyu, told him the things that should be paid attention to carefully, called Lin Da over again, and asked him to take good care of Lin Mingyu's daily life and take care of everything. Keep up with good purchases, and write to say what is missing and what is missing, and tell me where to pick up the money.

Lin Mingyu said: "Ninth Brother, don't worry, it's not the first time I've traveled far away. Besides, this time I'm not alone. There are sons and daughters, and there are so many accidents. Once I leave, the family will It's only daddy and you, you have to take care of yourself, daddy and sister entrust you to take care of me."

Lin Rui said: "I'm the only one involved in family affairs. Although it's not the first time you go out, the places you went to are not as dangerous as the Southwest. Marching and fighting are not fun, you just remember one thing, life is the most important thing in everything. Let's The family does not rely on you to work hard to gain fame."

"Yes, yes, I understand. You told my father yesterday, and I have taken it to heart. I don't have a chance to enter the palace these days. Where is my sister, Brother Jiu will tell me so that my sister won't worry."

After saying a few more words, Tu Lingguang and King Le Fu had already walked out.The steward came over and said: "Master, everyone, everything is ready, the chariots and horses are waiting outside the door, just waiting for the departure."

King Le Fu nodded, looked around the crowd, and said: "Everything is ready, let's go."

Tu Yan led Lin, Su and the others to bid farewell to those who saw him off. Before Lin Mingyu had time to say a few words to Tu Lingguang in private, he could only communicate with him silently with his eyes.

I had already said a lot that night, and there was a letter written by Tu Lingguang to Tu Lingyun hidden in the skirt of his clothes. Lin Mingyu watched him silently, his eyes met his deep eyes, and he understood each other in his heart.

Take care.

Lin Mingyu and the others followed the grain and grass escort team on the official road, and they had only left for a short time because they were pulling the grain and grass. Thinking that the grain and grass in the barracks were not too tight, and the task of escorting this time was not very heavy, the team walked a bit slower, not just rushing .

Tu Yan even came in a carriage.Lin Ming Yusu practiced riding and archery more than usual, so he just rode around his carriage, if he was tired, Tu Yan would find an excuse to tell them to go in the carriage to rest.Even so, it was Xiaoxing who stayed overnight, and the people were tired and horses were exhausted.

It was also the first time for Lin Mingyu to ride such a long distance on horseback.Not to mention Su Buzhan, this son's most intense exercise is just horse racing and hunting in Dongshan.Only seven or eight days after leaving Beijing, the bumps on the thighs and buttocks became unbearable. The two of them got into Tu Yan's carriage to rest more and more frequently.

On the other hand, Tu Yan has always been in poor health, and his riding and shooting are mediocre on weekdays. After sitting in the carriage for so many days, his energy is exceptionally good, and he is even interested in teasing his two listless companions.As he got closer to the camp, Tu Yan's demeanor changed, and he talked more, showing the lively spirit of some young people.

Lin and Su were amazed, each had their own thoughts.

After walking for a few days, it was the place where the ink corruption case first started. This place is connected to the other five cities in the southwest. It came quickly, 5 people came over, and the prince of the Northwest secretly mobilized 1 people to sneak attack. Under the attack of the two sides, they had already captured three cities in a row. What Lin Mingyu and the others arrived at was the captured city - Yiyang.

As the frontiers were restored, the remnants of the scattered army gradually gathered up. King Changping did not lead his army to wait in place, but rushed to the front line to attack the city. Yiyang City was temporarily guarded by the former deputy general of the Yiyang Army.

This lieutenant general is called Jiang Shandu, with a very imposing name, but he looks quite ordinary, with a round face and yellow skin, and a greasy look between his eyebrows and eyes.It is said that when the city was broken, he had just quarreled with the general guarding the city. He looked down on the general for being a coward and took the initiative to lead troops to kill the enemy outside the city.As a result, the killing was on the rise, and when the enemy came back after killing the enemy, the city was broken.

The general who guarded the city died, and he fought desperately to fight for a bloody road, and reported to the imperial court with the remnants of the soldiers.

The imperial court received the letter and had no time to pursue his negligence of duty before being overwhelmed by news of the loss of the city one after another.This man escaped unharmed, and when King Changping regained the city, somehow he forgot to pursue him and let him seize the opportunity to gain control of Yiyang City again.

This matter, Lin Mingyu still found it inconceivable when she heard it.When I saw General Jiang with short stature and a shiny face, I felt more and more that my intuition was right, there must be something tricky about this matter.

General Jiang has a very contradictory temperament.He has a strange attitude towards this food transport team led by the noble son of the royal family.On the one hand, he treated Su Yan and others with hospitality and enthusiasm, and on the other hand, he was perfunctory in the face of their request to transport food and grass to the front line, but the strange thing was that when he did such yin and yang things, there was no one in the whole Yiyang city. People dare to stand up and say something.This situation is too miraculous, could it be that this person is so powerful, he has controlled the entire power of Yiyang City in just ten days?

On the day when the former general guarding the city died, most of the officials in Yiyang City's magistrate and government office were killed and wounded by the rebels. After the rebellion was suppressed, King Changping selected a few temporary officials from among the escaped officials because of his haste. For public affairs, a group of people were selected from the juren, scholars and local elders who had hidden in the city to act as assistants, and at least they maintained the operation of the government office.

After General Jiang took charge of Yiyang, the situation became unstable. The garrison was in the government office, and he himself lived here.When Tu Yan led the grain transportation team over, General Jiang led Tu Yan into the mansion, and at the same time sent people to hand over the grain and put it into the warehouse.

Tu Yan rejected it due to lack of people and horses, and chose a mansion in the city to rest for the time being.He brought Lin Mingyu and Su Buzhan along with some cronies and guards and followed Jiang Shandu into the mansion.

In the evening, Jiang Shandu hosted a banquet for Tu Yan and his party.

Taking advantage of the time to go back to the residence to change clothes, Tu Yan called Lin Mingyu, Su Buzhan and several main officials who escorted the grain and grass this time to discuss.

"What do you think about the government office you just visited, and Jiang Shandu?" Tu Yan looked serious, with worry on his brows.

Su Buzhan stood up, supported his chin with one hand, his eyes were bright, and he said with a little excitement: "The Yiyang government office seems to be a little loose, and this Jiang Shandu doesn't look like a kind person, you see , he knows your identity, and his attitude towards you can be said to be extremely flattering, and the rest of us are not in his eyes. But even so, as long as he mentioned transporting food to the front line, he didn't say a decisive word, and urged us several times Putting the grain and grass into the warehouse, if there is nothing wrong with it, I don't believe it!"

"What Buzhan said makes sense, and there is another point. The Yiyang government office looks loose, but when you look closely, it is chaotic and orderly. I don't think Jiang Shandu has the final say on this government office, or he can't say everything. Forget it. Although there are quite a few officials in the hall today, how many of them are in real power? Since we want our food and grass to be stored in the warehouse, why don't we call the person who is in charge of this? This probably shows that Jiang Shandu has not fully He has concerns about taking control of Yiyang Mansion."

After hearing Lin Mingyu's words, Tu Yan calmed down a little, nodded and said, "I just thought this person was suspicious, what you said confirmed my suspicion. What can you do?"

Everyone thought about it and discussed for a while, then Tu Yan stood up and said: "In that case, let's go to his Hongmen banquet, so as to find out the real situation of the government office."