The Eight Winds of Rebirth

Gu Xiangtan took a step forward and said: "Mao Qiang, the instructor of the infantry, Feng Bing, the deputy instructor of the bow army, and Lian Ziye, the commander of the Southern Battalion..." He said seven or eight people's names at once, "Everyone is professional and respectful." Brave, brave and good at fighting, worthy of great responsibility."

Emperor Zongzheng was stunned, there were more than a thousand soldiers in the forbidden army camp, how could the emperor remember them all, these people suggested by Gu Xiangtan were completely in the dark for him, and he couldn't find the edge.

He couldn't help looking at the Minister of the Ministry of War, the Minister of the Ministry of War tightened his thighs, although he didn't know much about it, but he knew that if he didn't give some response at this moment, he would be the one who would be unlucky at the end of the day, and only a few people he knew well Look, it is true that most of them are small people, without party or affiliation, and do not rely on any side.

So after thinking about it, he nodded to the emperor.

Emperor Zongzheng felt a little relieved, he curled his lips and said with a smile: "Lingfo has a heart, and he knows the defenses in Beijing very well."

Gu Xiangtan said: "Thanks to the prince, he wanted to dabble in military books, and the ancient books were too boring, so the Taifu proposed to set up defenses from the middle of the capital. Since I was with him, I learned a little about the official position of the imperial army, but However, I found that most of the soldiers in the camp were unruly and unrestrained, they didn't like to abide by the worldly dogma, and they often disappeared during their duty, and the above mentioned people never fell behind. Although the soldiers need to be brave and courageous , but there is no rule without rules, military orders are like a mountain, if you are a soldier and don't even know how to obey military orders, no matter how skilled you are, it is of no use."

These words made the faces of the three kings and the crown prince look ugly, the crown prince doesn't think about making progress and only focuses on enjoying himself, while the three kings have no way to discipline others, and in the end they want Lingfo to point out their mistakes. With so many eyes, there is no place to show off their shame up.

Emperor Zongzheng glared at Zhao Mian, and quickly pretended to be surprised: "How dare you be so presumptuous? It seems that those who are arrested must be severely punished to curb this evil trend!"

However, Gu Xiangtan prevented several important ministers from stepping down from the stage, but he changed the topic in the next sentence, and continued: "It's just that this brave soldier needs a strong general. If there is no good commander, scattered soldiers will not be able to become great weapons."

Emperor Zongzheng nodded repeatedly, and was led away by Gu Xiangtan all the way: "There is a good candidate for the Lingfo."

Gu Xiangtan looked around: "No matter where the hero came from, the ancients were able to show off their humble side and do what they can. We should follow suit in order to win good ministers." After finishing speaking, his eyes fell on a corner outside the hall, "I once Seeing a person's skill with my own eyes, I feel that it is a rare and precious gem, so I want to tell the emperor."

Emperor Zongzheng narrowed his eyes and asked, "Who is it?"

Gu Xiangtan said: "The prince's close servant, Chen Cai."

Standing outside the hall, Chen Cai felt her heart skip a beat, and her whole body stiffened immediately.

But the three kings at the other end were unhappy. Hearing Gu Xiangtan's tone, did he want to transfer the prince's people to the imperial army as commanders?After that, won't there be chaos in this camp?

However, before the three kings could open their mouths, Gu Xiangtan said again: "It's just that although Chen Huwei is very good at martial arts, he is still young, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public, so I just recommend him to be the deputy commander of the imperial army. As for the candidate for the commander It would be better to have Deputy Commander Chen Xi take over."

So when the three kings heard that their own people were brought up, the words they were going to say were stuck in their mouths abruptly, and they couldn't get up and down. The whole emotion was completely turned around by Gu Xiangtan. I was exhausted physically and mentally, and my obscene clothes were drenched with sweat.

Emperor Zongzheng also felt the same way. After careful consideration, he really couldn't figure out Gu Xiangtan's bias, or he had no bias at all, he was just from the beginning to the end, and only thought of the world of Daye.

After thinking about it for a while, although Emperor Zongzheng was very reluctant that the position of commander of the imperial army would still fall into the hands of the three kings in the end, he also knew that it would be impossible to completely weaken Zhao Dian's influence in Beijing for a while. Now that it is like this, it has been very smooth to insert all the people who want to be inserted, and it is thanks to Lingfo.

Over there Zhao Mian seemed to want to speak, he was full of concern about Chen Cai's matter, but Emperor Zongzheng didn't give him a chance, and hurriedly said: "I feel that what Lingfo said is very reasonable, whether it is a general or a soldier or a soldier , you can only get real kung fu with a sword, and you have to try it to know if it works."

Then both Chen Cai and Chen Xi were called into the palace, and they were promoted to official positions with golden words.

Chen Cai looked solemn, as if she hadn't recovered from her confusion and astonishment, she looked blankly at Gu Xiangtan who was beside her.

Gu Xiangtan smiled lightly and nodded to him.

Hastily filling the vacant position, Emperor Zongzheng said again: "All the lovers have also seen it. Although the people of Daye are in peace now, the talents in the court are withered and neglected. Thousands of promises are not as good as one person. I have long sought talents. If you are thirsty, you have decided to reopen the imperial examination!"

After saying this, without looking at the reaction of the crowd, Emperor Zongzheng waved his hand and retreated directly!

Before this Gu Xiangtan had time to walk out of the hall, he was immediately surrounded by all officials, big and small, saying everything from left to right, and they all came here to tell the truth.

Gu Xiangtan didn't say a word, until Eunuch Sun came to push these people away, and Emperor Dao Zongzheng invited him, so Gu Xiangtan nodded. It just so happened that he also had something to look for the emperor.

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It's a wonderful time when red, green, fragrant and wind blowing from thousands of families, but Gu Xiangtan was dressed in plain clothes, holding a sacrificial ceremony in his hand, and took An Yin and Su Xi to the north in a sedan chair, but as soon as he stepped out of the palace gate, he saw someone standing outside. There is a person in white clothes standing with his hands behind his hands, his black hair is tied up behind his head, and his eyes are picturesque.

Gu Xiangtan opened the window curtain, watched the man gradually approaching, and asked softly, "Why are you here?"

Zhao Yuan didn't answer, and lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, turned around and sat beside Gu Xiangtan without any attendants, and then ordered: "Get up the sedan chair."

Perhaps the bearers outside had seen a lot, but they also listened to Zhao Yuan's words, so they leisurely brought the two of them to the north of the city.

Gu Xiangtan was speechless all the way, and only walked out when the sedan chair landed on the ground.

Outside is a long alley, at the entrance of the alley there is a majestic mansion gate, although the two big lions at the gate have ashes on their foreheads, but their eyes are like lightning, which shows how majestic and heroic they must have been in the past.

Gu Xiangtan looked up at the high plaque, on which four large characters were mentioned: Yuguo Gongfu.He looked down at the ground at his feet again, where piles of fragrant fruit paper, money, treasure lamps and white candles were piled up.

An Yin said: "Master is usually a clean and honest official and loves the people like a son. I'm afraid that these are sent by the people nearby after hearing that the case has been solved..."

Gu Xiangtan only looked at those things without moving. In the end, the person beside him took his hand, and then carefully pushed open the vermilion lacquered door, and walked straight in.

The bricks, tiles, walls, and steps here are so familiar to Gu Xiangtan, but they are indescribably strange. The two silently walked from the front yard to the verandah, the flower garden, and the Buddhist hall, and finally in the He stopped in front of a huge courtyard.

This time, Gu Xiangtan only hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and opened the door, and saw that the house inside was neat and orderly, but it seemed too sparse.

Gu Xiangtan entered the room, looked at the bed, then at the table, and shook his head.

"It's all wrong... My mother likes to embroider here the most. There should be an embroidery frame here, and my father always writes and reads by the window, but the classics he loves are gone..."

Zhao Yuan paused and said, "It was taken away by the government."

Gu Xiangtan smiled, knowing that Zhao Yuan was only trying to comfort himself, how could he not know, how many people have been thinking about this place for more than a year, and how many times they have been mopped up, it must be as neat as it is now. Someone must have done it again, and the one who can do this is Xue Yiyang who is investigating the case. As for making him do this, Gu Xiangtan can't think of anything else except the person in front of him.

Gu Xiangtan brushed the corner of the table with his fingertips, but was startled suddenly when he saw a few splashes of brown-black liquid remaining on the edge of the wall.

Sensing that Gu Xiangtan's body was shaking slightly, Zhao Yuan hurriedly stepped forward to support him, Gu Xiangtan wiped his face heavily, and slowly steadied himself.

Zhao Yuan said, "Let's go."

But Gu Xiangtan shook his head, threw off Zhao Yuan's support and walked towards the other side, walked out of the big courtyard, turned two small turns and jumped into a small courtyard again.

Even though the small courtyard has been sparsely populated with flowers and trees, and the terraced willow garden has been deserted for a year, it can still be seen that it has been taken care of carefully, presumably because someone has been taking care of it.

Gu Xiangtan stepped forward, pointed to a lotus pond in front of the courtyard and said: "When I was a child, I loved playing here the most. My mother was afraid that I would fall, so she asked someone to drain the water, but she didn't want a heavy rain to accumulate mud instead. , I still stepped on the air, and finally fell into a mud monkey."

As he said that, Gu Xiangtan laughed in a low voice. After laughing, he walked to the door and knocked on an old locust tree that was half dead: "When I was four years old, I sneaked up to dig out the bird's nest above. But I didn’t want to almost step on it and fall off, my great-grandmother wanted someone to saw the tree, but later my father refused, saying yes... said yes..."

Gu Xiangtan thought for a while, then slowly frowned.

Zhao Yuan couldn't help saying: "If you can't remember it, don't think about it."

Gu Xiangtan ignored him, and Zhao Yuan stepped forward to grab his hand, but Gu Xiangtan slammed him away.

"I can remember it! I have lived here for seven years, how could I forget it so easily! And if even I forget... Who else in the world will remember?!"

Gu Xiangtan drank these words heavily, with a sense of sadness.

Zhao Yuan was silent, and after a while she softened her voice: "The historian will remember, the people of Daye will remember, and history will remember..."

Gu Xiangtan was startled, as if he lost his strength all of a sudden, Zhao Yuan stepped forward and opened his hands, Gu Xiangtan trembled, and slowly fell into his arms.

Gu Xiangtan buried his face in the other's neck, and Zhao Yuan gradually felt a trace of dampness melt away from the neckline, but he didn't notice it, and just hugged Gu Xiangtan quietly.

After a while, Gu Xiangtan finally raised his head, his face was calm, with a blush at the end of his eyes: "It's getting late, let's go."

Zhao Yuan straightened his clothes, Gu Xiangtan took a step, took one last look at this place, and then turned around without looking back.

The two people came out of Yuguo's mansion, but they saw a familiar figure kneeling in the distance at the end of the alley, and when they saw the two of them appear, they hurriedly stood up, showing panic.

Gu Xiangtan looked at Zhao Yuan's expressionless face, paused, and walked up.

Seeing them approaching, the man was a little nervous, and took two steps back before he thought of wanting to be blessed.

"My little girl, I have seen the sixth son and the Ling Buddha..."

Gu Xiangtan looked at Mei Jianyou who appeared inexplicably, and asked directly: "Why are you here?"

Not to mention that Mei Jianyou hadn't heard Gu Xiangtan speak like this, even Zhao Yuan hadn't heard of it, her words were cold and mixed with a hint of anger.

Mei Jianyou was obviously frightened, her face turned pale and red, and she tossed and turned several times before she finally opened her mouth and said, "Little girl, I heard that the case of Duke Yu's mansion was closed, and I feel grateful from the bottom of my heart when I think of the Duke of Yu's rectification of his name. ... This is the time to burn, burn some paper money..."

Gu Xiangtan frowned slightly, as if he took some effort to suppress his inner emotions, and was about to speak when another person came not far away.

A small sedan chair with green curtains was slowly lifted up, beside the sedan chair were four innocent and white-faced eunuchs holding sacrificial offerings in their hands, and four guards armed with swords were majestic. The celebrity in front of Emperor Zongzheng - Eunuch Sun.

Eunuch Sun brought a bunch of offerings, and he came here at the emperor's will. After saluting to Gu Xiangtan, he said that the Yuguo mansion would be closed tomorrow, and the emperor knew that Lingfo would come to see him for the last time today. , that's why he was asked to come, left and right, whining and mournful, heartbroken, a little more sad than this Gu Xiangtan watching.

Gu Xiangtan listened silently, then looked at Mei Jianyou, and said indifferently: "Thank you, the emperor, for your kindness, and thank you, Miss Mei, for your kindness."

Eunuch Sun turned his eyes sideways, and saw that Mei Jianyou had her head half down, but her eyes were quietly looking at Zhao Yuan. Even though her expression was dark, she couldn't hide it from Eunuch Sun's poisonous eyes.

The old eunuch's heart changed suddenly, but his face remained calm, he said a few more words, and then returned to the palace to return to his life.

As soon as Eunuch Sun left, Mei Jianyou also hurriedly said goodbye.

Gu Xiangtan silently watched for a while as she walked away gracefully, then turned around and left with a flick of his sleeves.