Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2742

The rain was getting heavier and the road was muddy.

Xi Junmai was wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, and led a large group of people to the intersection guarded by soldiers in Suzhou County. After a glance, he found that the guards were tight and there was no abnormality. The county soldier shouted: "Where is General Shen?"

When the county soldiers saw so many sailors coming in menacingly in the rain, they trembled with fright, and trotted to meet them.

For a long time, due to its special status directly under the royal family, and the arrogance and arrogance of the first commander Fang Jun, the navy has suffered a lot from the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. His face changed, and he was deeply jealous.

When Fang Jun was transferred back to Chang'an, he thought that the style of the navy could be softer. Who knew that Su Dingfang, the successor commander of the navy, had completely continued Fang Jun's tough style.

It can be said that the overall image of the Royal Navy in Jiangnan has only one word, that is "tough".

Not only is it tough on the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, it is also tough on pirates, and it is even tougher on Baekje, Japan, and Nanyang countries!
This makes all walks of life in the south of the Yangtze River both frightened and afraid of the Royal Navy, avoiding it for fear, and never daring to face it head-on.

The lieutenant of the Suzhou Military Academy who was on duty at night trotted forward, laughed with him, and said in a low voice, "General Shen is resting in his tent. It's almost midnight, I don't know what's important for General Xi?"

Xi Jun didn't even pinch his eyelids when he bought it, he pressed the handle of the waist knife with his hand, and said coldly: "Let me see Shen Wei quickly, I have something important to consult!"

The captain of the county soldier showed hesitation, wondering: "General Mingjian, although we are local county soldiers, we are also in the ranks of the Tang army, and we must abide by military laws. Although it is not a time of war, we are responsible for protecting Her Royal Highness. If there is no urgent military situation, I dare not allow outsiders to enter the Chinese army without permission, otherwise it will be a violation of military law, and the general will not dare to take it."

This rhetoric sounds reasonable and well-founded, and it is neither humble nor overbearing, and it stands to reason that it is beyond reproach.

Even on the battlefield, because the two sides do not belong to each other, they should form a line of their own. They should communicate with each other in accordance with military laws.

But Xi Junmai looks rough, but in fact has a delicate mind. He always feels that the county soldier and captain in front of him is too resistant. When he speaks, his eyes wander and his expression is not natural.

Feeling a little dignified in his heart, Xi Junmai pondered for a while and asked, "I would have heard the sound of muskets being fired in the manor earlier. I don't know why?"

In fact, he was only suspicious, and he was not sure that the sound came from the firing of muskets, but it did not prevent him from swindling.

The school lieutenant looked suspicious, and wondered: "Where was there ever the bang of musket firing? The last general has just been on duty, and he has been in the central army before, and has never heard the bang that the general said, but there are a few muffled thunder from time to time, but also It's not very loud... the general must have heard it wrong, right?"

Xi Junmai stared at his face closely, not letting go of the slightest change.

But he never found out that he was lying.

Xi Junmai was also a little shaken. Could it be that it was just thunder, not musket fire?
So why did Fang Jun enter the manor for so long and never come out?

Wei Ying leaned up from behind, and said in a low voice: "General Xi, why don't we just break in and make a fortune!"

Xi Junmai shook his head.

Wei Ying is Fang Jun's personal soldier, and his responsibility is only to protect Fang Jun's safety, but Xi Junmai, as a navy general, cannot be so reckless.In case Fang Jun had nothing to do at all, but he broke through the formation of Suzhou County soldiers without authorization, how would he explain to the court afterwards?

And he has another worry, if Fang Jun was really plotted against, and he has fallen into the hands of these Suzhou soldiers at this moment, if he rushes in like this rashly, he may force them to execute Fang Jun immediately, and he will lose everything from now on. The last leeway.

He always kept a fluke in his heart, thinking that even if these people were brave enough to attack Fang Jun, but as Fang Jun was the Duke of Yue and the consort of the dynasty, how could these people dare to kill Fang Jun?

Most likely it's just to achieve a certain purpose...

What's more, if these people even dare to murder Fang Jun, how can the lives of the princesses living in the manor be safe?

At this moment, you must not be reckless, and you must plan for the long term.

Xi Junmai took a deep breath, nodded slowly, stared at the captain and said, "It is best that there is nothing wrong with the manor. If there is any accident that frightens the Duke of Yue and the princesses, I will guarantee that you The fate of the county soldiers will be extremely miserable!"

The school lieutenant's face was pale, and he hurriedly said: "How could this be? The manor is surrounded by three floors and the outer three floors are impenetrable, even a bird can't fly over it. How can there be any danger? The general said seriously."

Xi Junmai snorted and said, "This is the best!"

Leading his subordinates had no choice but to return to the Chinese army account.

As soon as he entered the big tent, Wei Ying said anxiously: "Why did the general come back again? Don't worry about whether the muskets were fired before, my Erlang hasn't come back for such a long time, there must be something wrong, the general can't be careless!"

Xi Junmai comforted him and said: "Although I am a partial general now, I was born next to the Duke of Yue. If the Duke of Yue is really in danger, I will risk my life. How can I let the Duke of Yue suffer any damage? The current situation is unknown, these soldiers from Suzhou County are guarding the outermost floor of the manor, if there is a roar due to our forceful intrusion, and they rush into the manor and cause the princesses to be frightened and injured, then a hundred deaths will be unforgivable!"

Wei Ying is also a smart person, knowing that what Xi Junmai said is a matter, but he still couldn't hide his worry: "Could it be that we just sit and wait for death?"

Xi Junmai sat down, with a calm expression, and said slowly: "The Duke of Yue has won the three armies bravely. I don't know how many battles he has gone through, how many corpses and bloody seas he has waded through. Murdered by the soldiers of the prefecture? Even if they planned for a long time to attack behind the scenes, even if the plot succeeded, even if the Duke of Yue exerted his last effort, he would still be able to kill them all, instead of the current peaceful scene. Don't worry , it’s not midnight yet, let’s wait another hour, if the Duke of Yue still fails to return at the time of the ugly hour, then this general will desperately lead you in!”

Wei Ying was full of worries, but he also knew that Xi Jun's concerns were not unreasonable, so he had to wait a little longer.

*****
"Hiss... why don't you take it easy! Do you want to blind me?"

Shen Wei was lying on his back on a simple bed in a Chinese military tent. A military doctor was standing beside the bed, leaning over to wash his face with clean water. The bruises on his face were okay, but his left eye was hit by a blunt object. The canthus of the eye was ruptured, and even one eyeball was bloody and bloody. With a slight touch, Shen Wei would thrash about like a fish thrown into a frying pan, screaming in excruciating pain until it pierced his heart.

A confidant stood on the side, looking at Shen Wei's appearance with horror, who would have thought that Fang Jun just threw the short-barreled musket casually, and hit Shen Wei's face, and what a coincidence in the middle of one eyeball?
This is bad luck...

After a long time, the Langzhong breathed a sigh of relief and took a step back, saying: "The army is crude and lacks medicines, that's all we can do for the time being."

Shen Wei was lying on the bed, covered in cold sweat from the pain, the injured eye still couldn't see, and the pain was unbearable when he turned it a little bit, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Can my eye still be healed?"

The doctor fell silent.

Enduring the severe pain, Shen Wei turned over and sat up, cursing: "I'm not a pampered woman, my man from the Shen family stands upright, so why not be blind? Tell me!"

"Here!"

The doctor was trembling with fright, and said in a trembling voice: "I want to teach Shen Sima to know that I am not good at learning and have blunt medical skills. I am really helpless. If Shen Sima wants to keep this eye, I am afraid that he needs to be diagnosed and treated by a famous doctor in Chang'an. It's that divine doctor, Daoist Sun Simiao, who is said to have the power to life and death, flesh and bones, but..."

"But what?"

"Jiangnan is thousands of miles away from Chang'an. Even if we set off right now, the long journey cannot be delayed by Shen Sima's injury..."

Shen Wei felt a chill in his heart: "That is to say, I can't keep my eye?"

The doctor bowed again and again, and said anxiously: "I am incompetent, I am incompetent..."

"Get out of here!"

Shen Wei yelled angrily, picked up the teacup on the coffee table beside him and threw it out, frightened the Langzhong hurriedly exited the big tent and fled.

Shen Wei endured the severe pain, panted heavily, and asked his relatives beside him, "Have you ever found any trace of that fellow?"

(End of this chapter)