The Beacon of Kyushu

Chapter 29

Fu Yanqing pretended that he heard it wrong, and looked at the 13-year-old boy again and again, but he couldn't see the perseverance and sternness that a coach should have on his handsome face. Old man joking! Don’t say that I’m not the son of my Fu family. Even if he’s a general, it’s impossible for him to take over the loyal military army at such a young age. The saint should go back and talk to the officials, and let Cao Guohua, Pan Zhongxun, these warriors on the battlefield, come over to take over the power , the old and the old can make friends with peace of mind."

Fu Xinyu smiled, and said: "Father, don't take it lightly, but he has learned the art of war from these famous generals at a young age, and his martial arts has been personally taught by his emperor brother Yuan Zuo, so it should not be underestimated."

"Really! I'm afraid he can't even hold the gun steadily!" Fu Yanqing smiled and snatched the spear from the soldier beside him. With a little force on his wrist, the spear shot vertically towards Zhao Yuanfen.Fu Yanqing was worthy of being a mighty fighter. Even though he was old and didn't use his full strength, the force on the spear was still terrifying, like an off-line sharp arrow, howling and hitting Zhao Yuanfen's young body.

Fu Xinyu talked about how great Zhao Yuanfen was, but seeing his father test his grandson in this way, his heart still jumped faster and faster with the flying spear.Zhao Yuanfen didn't panic at all, his eyes were fixed on the gun body, and his whole body didn't react at all.

In an instant, the spear was only half a foot away from Zhao Yuanfen, but he still didn't move.Fu Yanqing only thought that Zhao Yuanfen was frightened, and just about to step forward and grab the spear back, but Zhao Yuanfen suddenly moved.I saw him take two steps towards the spear, and at the moment when the spear was about to hit his chest, he lightly put his left hand on the spear, turning the spear that was flying vertically into a horizontal direction.Immediately, he grasped the body of the gun, and spun it around his waist three times with a domineering momentum.Immediately afterwards, the gun was handed over to his right hand, and he threw it back at Fu Yanqing without any hesitation.

Fu Yanqing never expected Zhao Yuanfen's martial arts to be so strong, and he was stunned when the spear was already in front of him.He hastened to grasp the body of the gun with all his strength, but unexpectedly, the force on the gun was several times stronger than when he threw it just now. When he grabbed his body rashly, the force on the gun took him back half a step.If he hadn't been experienced enough to poke the body of the gun into the ground in time, he would have suffered a lot.

"Fen'er is young and doesn't know how to measure, I hope my father will forgive me." Fu Xinyi hurriedly stepped forward to support her father, and said to Zhao Yuanfen in a blink of an eye: "Fen'er, why don't you come over and apologize to grandpa!"

Zhao Yuanfen hurried to Fu Yanqing's side, and apologized: "Grandpa, grandson was rash for a while, I hope you will forgive me!"

Fu Yanqing looked at Zhao Yuanfen in disbelief, and nodded appreciatively, "Yes, yes, your martial arts skills are really good! No wonder there are so many princes in the official family, but you are the only one who sent you to take over the military power. With someone like you Grandson, I will die in peace. It's just that although your martial arts skills are high, after all, you are too young, and I am afraid that you will not be able to manage the Zhongwu Army."

Zhao Yuanfen said: "Thank you, grandpa, for your compliment. As long as you hand over the military power to your grandson, your grandson will definitely be able to control this army."

"Really? So confident?" Fu Yanqing smiled and ordered Yu Gang, the commander of the Zhongwu Army, to say, "Yu Gang, go to the general's battalion to get the soldier's talisman and give it to Yuan Fen."

When Yu Gang saw that Fu Yanqing really wanted to hand over the military power to such a child, his face was full of confusion and doubts, but since Mr. Fu had decided so, he could only grit his teeth and follow through.After a long time, Yu just took the lacquer box containing the soldier talisman and handed it to Zhao Yuanfen with great reluctance.

Zhao Yuanfen thanked him, took the lacquer box with both hands, and walked towards the platform step by step.His expression was very solemn, his steps were slow but firm, not at all like a child, but rather like a general who had been in charge of the military for a long time.Standing on the stage, Zhao Yuanfen raised the command flag calmly and shouted: "Form up!"

He shouted very powerfully, and he could use the command flag in his palm freely, but the soldiers under the stage remained motionless, and thousands of pairs of eyes looked at Fu Yanqing under the stage.Fu Yanqing nodded with a smile, and the soldiers formed a well-trained formation, waiting for Master Fu's next command.

Zhao Yuanfen was a little upset in his heart, but he didn't show anything on his face. He waved the command flag again to let the team move forward.The soldiers couldn't understand the semaphore at all, and they remained motionless until Fu Yanqing nodded again, and they barely walked a few steps forward.

"Soldiers, I know that you feel that the prince is too young and think that I am not qualified to be in charge of elite soldiers like you. It is not your fault. But since the officials have appointed me to take over the power, there is naturally a reason for the officials. After a long time, maybe You will know. I won't gossip, please act according to the order and show your original appearance!"

This time, a few soldiers raised their guns subconsciously according to Zhao Yuanfen's order, but the commander Yu Gang gave these unruly soldiers a hard look, scaring them to put down their guns quickly.As for more people, of course, they were all waiting for Fu Yanqing's instructions as before, and no one took this 13-year-old child seriously.

Zhao Yuanfen knew that if the soldiers were allowed to go on like this, there would be absolutely no way to control this army. As long as Queen Fu Xinyi left, he would definitely become Fu Yanqing's puppet.He gritted his teeth fiercely, and a little murderous intent burst out from his young face, "Yu Gang, you killed the court general a few days ago. Now you are threatening your subordinates and making them not listen to my order, what crime should you deserve! "

Yu Gang said indignantly: "Fourth prince, you said that the young man is desperate. I don't know who you heard it from? That day, the young man was ordered by Master Fu to intercept and kill the rebels. If you don't believe me, just ask Master Fu. That's not the case!"

Zhao Yuanfen sneered, and said: "Hmph, what a bunch of nonsense! Mr. Fu is the loyal leader of Qianguo, the founding father of the country, how could he ignore the laws of the Song Dynasty for his own personal grievances! It must be you, a treacherous sycophant, who has enmity with General Yuwen , Avenging private revenge under the guise of Mr. Fu! I didn't want to pursue it, but you blatantly disobeyed my orders and treated my orders as a joke. It's really abhorrent! Come on, get the commander of the Zhongwu Army, Yu Gang, to me Go out and behead for public display!"

Yu Gang was so angry that he pointed at Zhao Yuanfen, gritted his teeth and said, "You... how dare you! I am a dignified commander personally selected by Mr. Fu. Let me see who dares to do something to me!"

Although the Zhongwu Army is called the imperial guard, it was selected and trained by Fu Yanqing. It has always been the commander of the capital Fu Yanqing, but not Zhao Guangyi, the official of the Song Dynasty.What's more, it is only Zhao Guangyi's fourth son who wants to kill the commander Yu Gang, and Zhao Yuanfen, who is only thirteen this year?

Seeing that no one was moving, Zhao Yuanfen shouted, "Where is Li Chengying!"

Behind Fu Xinyu, a child of the same age stepped forward and said in response: "The villain is here!" This child is one of the accompanying riders. Although he is still young, he is still young, mature, resolute and sensitive in every gesture. .

Zhao Yuanfen said eloquently: "The commander of the Zhongwu Army, Yu Gang, recklessly abused his power and disregarded military discipline. The two crimes combined should be beheaded. I order you to lead people to drag him to execution immediately. It is possible!"

"Yes, I obey!" Li Chengying bowed to salute, and immediately rushed forward with the riders who came with him.Yu Gang wanted to resist, but Li Chengying had a lot of people, and after struggling a few times, his hands were tied down and tied tightly.

At this moment, Yu just realized that Zhao Yuanfen was not joking at all, and he was really going to kill himself, so he begged: "Master Fu, you are his grandfather, please save me! Please save me, I beg you Already!"

"Part, Yu Gang is Grandpa's favorite general, you can't..." Fu Yanqing was about to stop, but before she could finish, Fu Xinyi gave him a wink.Fu Yanqing was puzzled at first, but then he suddenly realized that intercepting and killing generals is a capital crime, if Zhao Yuanfen does not kill Yu Gang, then he will be the one who will die.

Seeing that love was about to be pushed out of the gate, Fu Yanqing was furious, but thinking of this, she had to shut up and accept the fact with pain, "What a good Zhao Yuanfen, not only is his martial arts amazing, but also his courage and dexterity are unheard of in the world. Rare! If the old man hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he would not have believed that a 13-year-old child would be so mature!”

Not long after, Li Chengying walked slowly under the platform holding a bloody human head, "My lord, the commander of the Zhongwu Army, Yu Gang, is dead, and the villain is here to deliver his life!"

Zhao Yuanfen nodded in satisfaction, "Okay, hang Yu Gang's head under the general's platform!"

"Yes!" Li Chengying took out the hemp rope from his bosom as he said, tied one end on Gang's head, and tied the other end to the corner of the platform.The soldiers have always had Fu Yanqing as the leader, and Yu Gang as the second. Now that they are watching Yu Gang as the leader, who would dare to make a mistake.

Zhao Yuanfen raised the command flag again and ordered: "Raise the gun!"

All the soldiers obeyed the orders this time, and their actions were uniform, but their faces were more or less displeased and fearful, and almost no one was willing to obey the orders.Seeing this, Fu Xinyu couldn't help being a little worried for Zhao Yuanfen, fearing that the soldiers would mutiny in the long run, but Fu Yanqing was happy to see it succeed, looking at the gate from time to time, as if waiting for someone.

Soon, a team under the command of Cui Bin, the deputy commander, pushed one after another peace carts and filed in through the gate.Cui Bin led his troops to the audience. Seeing a child standing on the stage, he couldn't help showing disdain, "I will escort Cui Bin to the camp at the end, please show me how to deal with it!"

Zhao Yuanfen waved the flag, ordered the soldiers to be drilled into two teams, and walked off the platform slowly.He walked up to Cui Bin in a few steps, said hard work, and personally opened a heavy sack on the first car.

However, the moment he opened the sack, his brows furrowed.I saw that there were not only grains without husks in the sacks, but also countless gravel, and even the proportion of gravel far exceeded the grain in the sacks.

Zhao Yuanfen hurriedly asked: "Cui Bin, what's going on!"

Cui Bin said: "I tell the general that the final general was ordered to go out of the camp at Chenshi, and went to the Fengyi granary next to Luoshui to pick up the army rations. Unexpectedly, the grain officer refused to provide the full amount of food and grass under the pretext of lack of food in the warehouse. The final general asked repeatedly. Kankan gave three thousand shi of grain. Walking to the vicinity of the military camp, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that something was wrong, and I quickly ordered to open the package to inspect the grain, only to find out that something was wrong. The general wanted to go back to reason, but was afraid that it would be too late, so he had to enter the camp first Tell the general."

Zhao Yuanfen looked at Cui Bin suspiciously, gently picked up a handful of gravel, put it under his nose and sniffed it, then crushed a few grains of sand with his left hand, then smiled and said: "Haha, there is Yu Gang in front of you." Cui Bin will fill his own pocket after killing officials. Grandpa, the loyal military army under your command is worthy of the best in the world. It is really full of talents!"

Cui Bin's face changed, and he said with some panic: "General... general, what are you talking about? Mo... Mo general can't understand!"

Zhao Yuanfen spread out his palms and explained: "Cui Bin, you said that today you went to the Fengyi granary next to Luoshui to get grain. If the grain officials really made troubles, why is the sand in the bag wet on the outside and dry on the inside? What do you think? Let me believe that the food officials gave up the sand that is readily available by the river and collected gravel several miles away for the sake of public benefit? Or is the sand that has been soaked by the river water all year round, and the inside will be dry?"

Seeing that Zhao Yuanfen was young, Cui Bin thought that he must not be able to see the clues, but Zhao Yuanfen said it casually, and he was frightened and almost fell down for a while.Fu Yanqing had already been intimidated by Zhao Yuanfen twice today, but when he saw that Zhao Yuanfen was not only strong in martial arts and courageous, but also so alert, he was shocked again.

"Plop!" With a sound, Cui Bin fell to his knees and kept kowtowing to Zhao Yuanfen, "General...have mercy on me! Forgive me!"

All the soldiers did not believe that Zhao Yuanfen really dared to kill Yu Gang, so none of them came forward to intercede, but now they have no doubt that Zhao Yuanfen dared to kill Cui Bin. Pleading, "General, you have already killed the commander Yu Gang, please let the deputy commander Cui Bin go! General Cui has not made any merits and hard work over the years, please spare him this time!"

Zhao Yuanfen stared at the thousands of soldiers kneeling before his feet, and said: "You asked me to spare Cui Bin, but if someone dares to disobey orders and violate military discipline in the future, what should they do? Let me spare them one by one, Will we be lenient to all those who break the law and discipline? Like this, I am afraid that within ten months, the loyal army will no longer have loyal soldiers, and it will become a rebellious army. How can I report to the officials at that time? Confess!"

All the soldiers hurriedly said: "General, as long as you spare General Cui, we will be willing to listen to you from now on. If anyone dares to do anything that violates military discipline, we don't need your order, we will kill ourselves immediately and apologize!"

Zhao Yuanfen nodded slightly, "Okay, I hope you can remember what you said, otherwise Commander Yu Gang will be your role model!"

Hearing that Zhao Yuanfen had spared him, Cui Bin quickly kowtowed and said, "Thank you General, thank you General, the little one will never dare again from now on! As long as the general has his life, the little one will go through fire and water, and I will do anything!"

Zhao Yuanfen smiled, helped Cui Bin himself, and said in a low voice, "General Cui, I know that Fu Guozhang asked you to do it, and I won't hold any grudges against you because of it. It's just that you'd better hurry up with that batch of food." Hand it over to the army, otherwise there will be a shortage of food in the army, and big trouble will happen."

Cui Bin couldn't believe his ears, and he said after a long while: "General... General, you are a fairy boy who came down to earth, how do you even know about this! Don't worry, the food and grass will be transported to the army in a short time, and we will never let you go. The army is short of food."

Zhao Yuanfen nodded, and waved the command flag for the third time on the general platform, this time all the soldiers obeyed.Thousands of soldiers are in uniform, everyone rushes out like a dragon, with the momentum like a tiger, and bursts of murderous aura rush straight to the sky from the martial arts field.

Fu Yanqing looked at Zhao Yuanfen and smiled gratifiedly, but her eyes turned red instantly, and old tears kept rolling in her eyes.Fu Xinyu put her hand on her father's shoulder and said softly, "Father, what's wrong with you? You should be happy to be able to take over such a powerful team with such a small role!"

"Daughter, although I am not the legitimate son of my Fu family, I am very happy to have such a grandson as my father. But...but my grandson took over the Zhongwu Army today, and many martial arts masters who were raised by my father have died. Since your father has completely lost power, how can you kill that traitor Yuwen Yanyi again, and avenge your brother who died tragically!"

Fu Xinyu said: "Father, you keep saying that Yuwen Yanyi killed Zhaoxin, do you have any evidence? If you have, give me the evidence, and I will definitely pass it on to the officials so that he can avenge our Fu family. But if No, it's just your imagination, so don't act rashly any longer. Don't worry, my daughter will definitely send people to investigate this matter, and never let the murderer slip through the net, and the good man will be wronged!"

Fu Yanqing said: "There is no evidence for being a father, but your sister Xinying and maid Qinxue witnessed this matter with their own eyes, so could it be false?"

Fu Xinyi was quite surprised, "What, Xinying saw this with her own eyes? My sister is her own, let her come to see me."

Fu Yanqing stomped her feet and said, "Hey, don't you know your sister's temper? She heard that the three thousand loyal soldiers didn't kill Yuwen Yanyi, she didn't even say hello, she went to chase Yuwen Yanyi alone! Father Wei sent a lot of people to look for her, but several days passed, not only did she not come back, even none of the people who went to look for her came back! Father Wei is really scared... really scared..."

Hearing this, Fu Xinyi also became worried for her sister, and even more sad for her father.But she came here for the handover of the Zhongwu Army, and now that Zhao Yuanfen has firmly controlled this army, she must return to Tokyo Miansheng quickly so that Zhao Guangyi can feel at ease.

Fu Yanqing knew what her daughter was thinking, so it was inconvenient to ask her to stay, so she said: "Xin Yi, if you are in a hurry to go back, you should leave while it is still dark."

Fu Xinyu nodded, looked at her father reluctantly for a long time, and finally turned and left silently.Fu Yanqing looked at her daughter's back that was drifting away, and a tear came out of her eyes, rolling down her old face...

(End of this chapter)