The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chapter 562

General Anyuan Li Guopei originally guarded Hebei.Because of the late emperor's death, all officials of the emperor sent Ling Xiaoci County to be in danger.After the officials escaped from danger, Li Guopei led the troops to escort them back to Beijing, and defended the capital for a while.After Liu Tong, the Commander of the Shandong Capital, entered Beijing, he suddenly disappeared.Many years later, the general once again marched into the army.

Li Guopei is different from Cao Datong who kidnapped the Supreme Emperor.Not only was he not charged with any crime, but he also gained a good reputation as a guard of the officials and the harem.Therefore, he came out again without changing his name, and delivered a post to the governor's yamen of Fujian in an upright manner.After a while, the door invited him in.When Li Guopei arrived in front of the hall, a chubby official came out to welcome him: "General Li! Your subordinate Dai Xian, by order of Master Huang Wengang, is temporarily acting as governor of the yamen affairs."

Li Guopei frowned: "Where is Master Huang?"

Dai Xian said: "I have been ill for many days."

Li Guopei hurriedly asked: "What disease? Is it serious?"

Dai Xian sighed: "I don't know what the disease is, and my whole body feels like I've been cramped. It's been a while, and I've invited all kinds of doctors, even Western doctors from Guangzhou, and it doesn't seem to be getting better! Tim sick."

Li Guopei said: "Since this is the case, I will go to see Mr. Huang in the end."

Dai Xian said: "The general is full of travel and dust, why not rest for two days first?"

Li Guopei said: "No need. I still have to see General Zheng Chao'er."

Seeing that he was determined to go, Dai Xian hurriedly called a master to accompany him, and smiled apologetically: "Your official should have accompanied the general there, but you are too busy." Then he put on a bitter face, "Master Huang is suddenly ill. , I have never dealt with such things..."

Li Guopei had already noticed that someone who looked like a master was poking his head behind him, and two more came after they had only spoken a few words.Presumably this Dai Xian is not a capable master.Huang Wengang became ill suddenly, and he dared not hand over Fujian to capable people, for fear that raising tigers would cause trouble, and he would not be able to take back his power after he recovered.Li Guopei looked at him, turned around and followed the master surnamed Zhang.

After leaving the governor's office, Li Guopei asked Mr. Zhang: "What is the current position of that Lord Dai Xian?"

Master Zhang lowered his eyes and said: "The one who lives in the fourth rank is divided into guarding the Tao."

Li Guopei looked at him and asked, "Are you following Master Huang?"

Mr. Zhang said: "Naturally! Mr. Dai can't use Mr. Master normally." A trace of contempt flashed in his eyes.Li Guopei became more and more convinced that Dai Xian was an incompetent person specially picked out by Huang Wengang, and sighed softly.

When I arrived at Huang Wengang's home, I saw the old man lying on the bed weakly, covered with a thin quilt on a hot day, his face like gold paper, he was really sick, and I couldn't help worrying.So he never went back to the governor's yamen, but went straight to the general soldier's mansion to see Zheng Chao'er.

When I got there, I saw that Zheng Chao'er was drinking with several concubines!Li Guopei was furious: "General Zheng, the battle is at the head of the battle, what are you doing?"

Zheng Chao'er was already drunk, and said with a smile: "You are General Li? Come, let's have a few drinks together!"

Li Guopei kicked the stepper in front of him flying away: "How decent!"

Zheng Chao'er ignored him, and shrieked with alcohol: "Decent? Hehe, what is decency? A mere fourth-rank official in charge of the governor's yamen is decent? Huh? Let me ask you—" Zheng Chao'er grabbed it Li Guopei's collar, "Is it proper for the four ranks to guard the Tao and take charge of the governor's yamen?!"

Li Guopei immediately understood that he was dissatisfied with Huang Wengang, and hurriedly said: "It's just acting in charge. After a while, Mr. Huang recovers from his illness, so he will naturally return it to Mr. Huang."

Zheng Chao'er let go of his hands and sat back on the chair, humming: "After a while? People are lying moldy, and they haven't even found out the reason. God knows what kind of disease and when it will be cured! If it lasts for three to five years, can it be That fourth-rank official will be in charge of Fujian for three to five years?"

Li Guopei intends to give Zheng Chao'er some meritorious titles for the King of Yan; in retrospect, that's all.Dai Xian is incompetent, Zheng Chao'er is a military commander, and the governor's commander-in-chief, one civil and one military, was originally to control each other.Fujian is so far away from the country of Yan, even if it falls into the hands of Dai Xian, it is better than falling into the hands of Zheng Chao'er.After thinking about it again, now that I want Zheng Chao'er to help attack the Taiwan government, why not coax him for a while?Whether the prince will be promoted or not will be discussed in the future.Nai Han smiled and said, "What am I supposed to be doing? It turns out Mr. Zheng is bothered by such a trivial matter. It's easy to handle. After winning the battle, are you afraid that the court will not reward you?"

Zheng Chao'er gave him a drunken look, waved his hands and said, "If you want to fight a war, you go to fight, I won't fight."

Li Guopei said: "Master Zheng, thanks for..."

Zheng Chao'er said twice: "Credit? Why are you still thinking about credit? You want food but no food, you want fire. Guns don't have fire. Guns, you want weapons but not weapons. Soldiers are herding sheep every day, and you want to win the battle?"

"Hiss..." Li Guopei was stunned, "General Zheng is a veteran in the battlefield, why are the soldiers below like this?"

Zheng Chao'er lazily said: "How would I know! I'm sick too, so I'm getting better. Dai Xian is busy running around all day long, and he doesn't know what he's doing. Destroy the east wall to make up the west wall, pick up sesame seeds and throw away watermelon, just let him go. go!"

Li Guopei thought, "It's not good." Zheng Chao'er was outraged with Huang Wengang.I came here alone, and the warships pointed to Fujian to supply the supplies; where did the Fujian officials fight among themselves?Is this battle still to be fought?He only spoke a few words of persuasion, and Zheng Chao'er gestured and shouted: "Take down the painting on the top of the cabinet! That's right, that's the one. That's right, give it to General Li, yes, give it to him!"

Li Guopei opened the picture scroll and opened his eyes wide: "This is...the sea chart of Taiwan Island?"

Zheng Chao'er pointed: "Here, this is their safe harbor, and there is only such a big harbor on their island. I heard that there will be a lot of activity in Ping An Harbor in the past few days, so I'm not in the mood to find out." Nai hugged a beautiful concubine beside her. , "Eat wine, eat wine!" Seeing that he had prepared the chart, Li Guopei thought that he also wanted to fight, but he was just fighting with Huang Wengang and Dai Xian.Busy and persuaded for a long time.But Zheng Chao'er didn't listen at all, and finally ordered someone to see the guests off!Li Guopei stumbled.

Li Guopei thought when he came out of the Zongbing Yamen, he couldn't help if he couldn't keep Fujian, he had to fight this battle by himself.Then he went out of the city and returned to his own army tent to discuss with his men.After hearing this, Wan Zhang, a mountain king who came down from Jinggang Mountain, said: "Fujian looks like this. General, should we write a letter and go back to Beijing to play the prince Ming?"

One of Li Guopei's confidants hurriedly said: "I have to ask the prince for such an idea, which is a bit of a fuss. Besides, the day the prince gave is at hand. It's better to hurry over and take that island down earlier. "

Li Guopei said: "Where are the food and warships?"

The general said: "It's good to ask that Dai Xian, how dare he not give it? That Zheng Chao'er, how is it different from running away?"

Li Guopei snorted, "Behead according to the law. It's just that it's inconvenient to move him right now."

Wan Zhang's eyes lit up: "General, why don't we just get rid of that Zheng Chao'er and seize the military power in Fujian?"

Li Guopei shook his head and said: "If it doesn't work out, the prince's important matter must be missed."

Wan Zhang smiled and said, "How can it not be done? I will do it myself."

The general said in a low voice: "General, it is also a method."

Li Guopei thought for a while, then gritted his teeth: "That's all. General Wan, be careful."

Wan Zhang chuckled and said, "Don't the general know about my methods?"

That night, Wan Zhang changed into night clothes and went out.He was originally a bandit in the green forest, and he did not know how many crimes he had committed.Although Li Guopei didn't think much of his character, he trusted his ability, so he arranged for his subordinates to encircle the Zongbing Yamen and trap Dai Xian tomorrow.Anyway, if these two important officials are taken down, Fujian will naturally be in his hands.Everything is ready, just waiting for Wan Zhang to come back.Unexpectedly, he did not come back until dawn.

Li Guopei was anxious and hurriedly ordered people to go into the city to inquire.Not long after, the scout came back and said: "General! There are rumors near the general's yamen that Mr. Zheng Chao'er was assassinated last night. Fortunately, Mr. Zheng is safe and sound. The assassin was injured and fled. Fuzhou is currently searching the whole city."

Li Guopei was shocked: "Wan Zhang didn't succeed? He was injured by Zheng Chao'er's men? He is a fighting general, how can he compare with Wan Zhang in hand-to-hand combat?"

The scout said: "I heard that a bodyguard next to Mr. Zheng was injured."

"Go and find out who the bodyguard is!"

His confidant lieutenant-general heard it nearby, and frowned: "General, we came in secret, and we fought under the banner of the Fujian Army. Now that such a big incident happened in Zheng's mansion, and it shocked the whole city, will we Arousing suspicion? The general thought that it would be better to cut the mess with a sharp knife."

"Ok?"

"Look at Zheng Chao'er's posture, he won't help us." The deputy general said, "Our army is elite, and we have trained in water warfare at Poyang Lake. We can accomplish things without Fujian soldiers."

Li Guopei sighed: "The lake and the sea are different after all. Besides, we have to use Fujian's warships."

The lieutenant general said: "You can only ask Mr. Dai for luggage and other things. How can he not please his superiors as a fourth-rank official? Zheng Chao'er feels resentful. His men and horses just don't make trouble. I'm afraid it's impossible to help."

Li Guopei already knew well that the chart that Zheng Chaoer gave yesterday was actually a sign to himself that he was only willing to do such an idea, and that the imperial court had to give him the power of Fujian if he wanted him to fight.At this moment, he hurried to Beijing to ask for Situ Pan's instructions, and when the news came back, it would be too late to go out in time for the secret order.To say that Li Guopei is capable.It's a pity that I have been trapped on the mountain for many years and know little about the outside world.Then he thought, it would not be difficult to fight a small island with his own soldiers and horses.Nai Dao: "Although it is not easy to fight alone, there is no other way if you have to."

The deputy general clasped his fists and said: "The general is wise, the soldiers are brave, and they will win the battle!"

Li Guopei squeezed his fist: "Go see Dai Xian!"

When he came to the governor's yamen again, Dai Xian greeted him in the future.The master who led him in said with a flattering smile: "Last night something happened in Fuzhou City... Our Lord Dai... that... a bit busy."

Li Guopei sneered.What was a little busy must have been cleaned up by Zheng Chao'er.After waiting in the study for half a day, I saw Dai Xian come in with a disheveled face, and cupped his hands with a smile: "General Li has been waiting for a long time..."

Li Guopei said seriously: "Lord Dai, the last general has heard about the assassination of Lord Zheng."

Dai Xian smiled wryly and said: "The assassin was badly injured, and he searched all over the city but couldn't find him. I really have a headache."

Li Guopei snorted secretly, thinking to himself, that guy Wan Zhang stole from the Xian Wang's mansion back then and escaped safely, not to mention the small General Military Mansion; it would be great to hurt him.Nai Dao: "Since he is an assassin, he must be skilled in martial arts, or he is good at disguise. It is not easy to find him." Dai Xian rubbed his eyes and shook his head slightly.After a while, Li Guopei inquired, "Master Zheng's guards must be highly skilled in martial arts, so they didn't catch the assassin?"

"His bodyguard didn't try to catch him at all!" Dai Xian complained, "The bodyguard was hired by him from S.H.I.E.L.D. He said that he was only responsible for protecting Mr. Zheng's safety and not catching the assassin. Otherwise, it would take so much effort. "

Li Guopei was startled.He lived in the mountains for a long time and had never heard of SHIELD, so he hurriedly asked: "What is this SHIELD?" Dai Xian then told him about the business that SHIELD usually does.After hearing this, Li Guopei shook his head and said, "The dignified military general of the imperial court wants to hire bodyguards from the green forest!"

Dai Xian snorted and said: "Their Zheng family has done a lot of business in the past few years. It is inevitable that they will be bullied and have many enemies. Fujian has always had rampant green forests, and Mr. Zheng is inevitably afraid."

Li Guopei nodded: "So that's how it is." He cursed secretly in his heart, the imperial court commander, fighting for profit with the people, is afraid of revenge from the green forest thieves!It can be seen that it is common for ordinary fish and meat people to be corrupt and pervert the law.When I return to Beijing to see the prince in the future, I will definitely take off his official hat.Nai said again, "Lord Dai, the last general will not go around in circles. As for sending troops to the Taiwan government, Master Zheng seems to be deliberately picking someone up."

Dai Xian twitched the corners of his chubby mouth, and said in a low voice: "Don't blame General Li, Mr. Zheng didn't just start picking people up yesterday. To be honest with the general, I can't move soldiers and horses."

Li Guopei sighed again: "I guessed it. It's a big battle, and I haven't seen the enemy yet. My own people are fighting like black-eyed chickens..." Nai shook his head, "Soldiers and horses, the ones in my hand are already It’s elite soldiers. It’s just warships, luggage and other things..."

Dai Xian said: "I'm going to make preparations right now."

Li Guopei frowned and said, "Didn't there be a secret decree? Haven't started the preparation yet?"

Dai Xian said pitifully: "When we received the secret decree, Mr. Huang had just fallen ill for a few days, and the yamen was in great chaos. Later... um... there were so many things that the officials were too busy..."

Li Guopei couldn't help cursing, "Damn it!" Huang Wengang chose such a waste to take over; if he had been ill for a longer period of time, wouldn't the whole of Fujian have to be tossed about by this person?Even if you dare not hand it over to Zheng Chao'er, why not choose another capable person?Nai looked at Dai Xian and said, "Do you still remember the days in the imperial decree?"

Dai Xian shrank his neck: "Remember...remember..."

Li Guopei said: "This is a major event. I hope Mr. Dai will put aside the sundries and concentrate on preparations." Dai Xian said yes.Li Guopei narrowed his eyes, "I'll just wait and see, Mr. Huang is seriously ill and getting old. Whether he can recover or not is uncertain. If Mr. Dai makes great contributions..." Dai Xian's eyes suddenly lit up!Nodding again and again.Li Guopei said again, "If Lord Dai misses the court's important event..." He suddenly slapped the long case in front of Dai Xian, turned around and strode away.

Dai Xian startled him, staring at him without blinking.As soon as I took a breath, I heard a sound of "crash la la la" - the long case was broken!Dai Xian was so scared that he sat down on the ground.

Li Guopei rushed back to the barracks angrily, but saw several generals under his command rushed up to meet him and asked what was the matter.Someone said: "My lord, there are rumors in the camp that the governor of Fujian and the commander-in-chief are shifting their temper on each other. Not only did they send troops this time, they didn't send out their ships, they didn't even send out food and grass. Morale was greatly depressed!"

Li Guopei was furious: "Where did the rumor come from? Go and investigate!" Several generals looked at each other.Where can I find out about rumors?