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Chapter 260 The autumn wind is not dry and the sun is just right

At noon, Caizhou's left-behind army left the city from the south gate according to the planned route, and headed for its final destination, the school field in the south of the city.

The people who still had unfinished thoughts followed the team and walked meanderingly.

The school grounds cover an area of ​​more than [-] acres. After entering the school grounds, the sergeants lined up again for the subsequent review.

The people consciously stopped at the periphery.

More clever vendors have set up stalls outside the school grounds selling thirst-quenching syrup and fried food.

Chen Chu led a group of senior generals from the left-behind department to stand outside the school grounds, waiting for the arrival of Fan Gongzhi, minister of the Ministry of War, Zhang Chunxiao, the pacification envoy of Henan Road Economic Strategy, Zuo Guoen, the prefect of Caizhou, Chen Jingyan, the same magistrate, and Cao Xiaojian, the governor of the left-behind department.

It gave enough face to the civil servants.

When Chen Yingjun's brother and sister went out of the city, they met Xu Zhiyuan, Cai Si, Ximen Chong and other two generations of Tongshan.

Several people had fought side by side during the Tongshan Rebellion and were quite close, so they went to the school together.

Compared with ordinary people, they have the privilege of entering the school grounds and watching the review at close range.

On the north side of the school grounds, two viewing platforms have been built, with more than a hundred chairs on each. These are seats prepared for officials at all levels and the families of military personnel who have made meritorious service.

Xu Zhiyuan, Chen Yingjun and others gathered under the big tree next to the viewing platform, talking with pride about the various heroic performances of the left-behind army in recent months.

While they were chatting happily, they saw Wu Yifan, with a cold face, minding his own business as he climbed onto the right side of the auditorium and found the best seat to sit down.

Several people below were stunned at the same time. Cai Si asked doubtfully: "Weiting, who is this person you brought here? With such a big face, do you dare to sit on the viewing platform?"

Chen Yingjun cupped his hands in embarrassment and quickly shouted to Wu Yifan on the stage: "Maozhi, come down quickly."

Wu Yifan, who had just been accidentally slapped by Chen Jinyu, was already in a bad mood. At this time, he was not even allowed to sit down. He couldn't help but feel that everything in Caizhou was disgusting.

Just when he was hesitating whether to come down, Chen Jinyu persuaded him: "Brother Wu, the seats are reserved for the families of meritorious soldiers, not for you. Come down quickly to avoid being driven away."

It was okay not to remind him, but when Chen Jinyu reminded him, Wu Yifan's expression worsened.

Am I, a descendant of the Wu family in Yingchuan, inferior to the family members of your Caizhou warriors?I won't let you go, let's see who dares to chase me away!
At this moment, I saw sedans parked outside the school grounds.

Fan Gongzhi, Zhang Chunxiao, Zuo Guoen, Chen Jingyan, Cao Xiaojian and others showed up one by one. General Chen Chu and other generals bowed their hands in greeting and then ushered the adults in.

Behind, Cai Yuan accompanied Xiao Xin's father-in-law Fan Yan and other male family members of meritorious soldiers as they walked into the school grounds chatting and laughing.

In the rear, Mao'er and Yunong accompanied Shi Mu, Fan Ruyu and other female military dependents.

After entering the school grounds, Chen Chu accompanied Fan Gongzhi and the other five people to change horses for a review around the grounds later.

Mao'er took the female family members to the viewing platform on the right.

Chen Yingjun, who was anxiously winking at Wu Yifan who was staying on the stage, saw Mao'er approaching, so he had to step forward to greet him.

"I've seen Zhao Renren"

"I met my aunt."

"Sister-in-law is well."

The group of people have different names, but they all share a sense of intimacy.

Also, people from Tongshan always feel closer to the Dutong family than others.

Mao'er acted like an adult, smiled and encouraged the group of 'juniors' who were mostly older than her.

Later, when she was about to take the female military dependents to the viewing platform, she was startled when she saw a man sitting in the middle of the platform.

Today's ceremony was held. In order to avoid the inconvenience of men and women sitting together, two viewing platforms were specially built.

At this time, a man sat on the auditorium where the female family members were supposed to sit. This made Mao'er, who didn't know why, either go up or down.

Wu Yifan, who was on the stage, had long noticed that Mao'er, who was surrounded by everyone, was luxuriously dressed, but also cute and lovable. When Mao'er looked at him in confusion, Wu Yifan subconsciously showed a smile that he thought was confounding for all living beings. , and then he held his hand from a distance with a graceful manner.
There was nothing disrespectful about this move, but there was something vaguely wrong about the smell.

There is a hint of provocation hidden under the elegance.

Mao'er drooped his eyelids, feeling annoyed, and turned to look at the table on the left. Bai Lu reacted very quickly and hurried over to find Gou Sheng, who was responsible for maintaining order.

Bai Lu approached and only said a few words. Gou Sheng quickly turned his head and looked. Okay!Where did this idiot come from to occupy the position of the military general's female family member.

Today is Chen Dutong's big day, and all senior officials from Caizhou are present.

If there are serious mistakes, Gou Sheng, who is responsible for order, will be the first to bear the blame.

Gou Sheng couldn't help being furious, and rushed over with several government officials. When he passed by Mao'er, he lowered his head and said in fear: "Don't worry, I will take people to drive this person away."

Mao'er felt angry and said a faint 'hmm'.

Gou Sheng remained silent and immediately rushed forward. Without saying a word, he slapped him twice.
Wu Yifan was stunned by the slap. He covered his face for a long time before he realized what was happening. He couldn't help but said angrily: "You're a humble servant, how dare you hit me? Do you know who I am!"

"I don't care who you are, damn, you almost got me into trouble! Someone, get this person out of here!"

In the territory of Caizhou, there are really not many people who are afraid of Gou Sheng. At the beginning, it was Dutong who personally named him and brought him to Caizhou from Tongshan.

So Gou Sheng knew very well that as long as the entire Caizhou City protected him, no one would be able to give him a hard time.

The government officials, who were like wolves and tigers, rushed forward and dragged Wu Yifan to the hiding place in a corner of the school ground.
Needless to say, there will be some Caizhou old boxing entertainment.

In the past few years, Mao'er has experienced a lot, and this little accident did not have much impact on her. She smiled and greeted many women to the auditorium.

On the way, I didn’t forget to help Shi’s mother who had difficulty with her legs and feet.

Chen Yingjun, who was in the audience, glanced anxiously at the corner of the school ground. This was the girl's fiancé after all. He was worried that the government officials were ignorant of the importance and would be too harsh.

Thinking of this, Chen Yingjun couldn't help but look at his sister. But she was not worried at all, and was actually in the mood to hold hands with Yunong and whisper.

Chen Yingjun couldn't help but look at his father in the distance. Gou Baotou might not betray Chen Yingjun, a fellow intellectual, so Xiao Chen felt that he had to ask his father to come forward.

After thinking for a while, Chen Yingjun walked towards his father, but he heard Chen Jinyu behind him say leisurely: "Brother, dad has something important to do today, please don't disturb me easily."

"." Chen Yingjun turned around and looked at his calm-looking sister. He was confused for a moment and couldn't help blurting out: "Ayu, Maozhi is your future husband! Why aren't you worried at all?"

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There was a sudden silence all around.

Only then did Xu Zhiyuan and others realize that the famous boy just now was actually Tongzhi's son-in-law.

Chen Jinyu was embarrassed for a moment, but there was no explanation
Feeling embarrassed and anxious, she started to cry angrily and said angrily to her brother: "Who said I wanted to marry him! I will go to the temple to be a aunt tomorrow and never marry anyone in my life!"

At noon.

Caizhou Wenwu accompanied Fan Gongzhi, Zhang Chunxiao and other superior officials to begin reviewing the army.

In the first process, Cao Xiaojian read out the emperor's commendation.

After all, Caizhou is the land of Qi, so the sergeants naturally responded with "Great Qi is mighty, long live the emperor."

Afterwards, all the officials rode on their horses and walked slowly in front of the unified army formation.

According to the process of prior consultation, Fan Gongzhi expressed his condolences loudly on behalf of the court: "Soldiers have worked hard!"

As soon as the words fell, thousands of soldiers shouted in unison: "It is our duty to protect our home and country!"

The masculine chorus is like a substantial sound wave.

The scalps of the people watching outside the earthquake-stricken school grounds were numb, and they felt the earth and air tremble with the powerful shouts.

Fan Gongzhi, who was closer to the soldiers, experienced it more clearly.

After some distance, Fan Gongzhi shouted again: "Soldiers have worked hard!"

The soldiers shouted again, "Kill the thieves and bring peace to the people, and die without regrets!"

Compared to the previous sentence, this sentence is full of murderous intent.
Five thousand soldiers spoke sonorously without a trace of noise.

As the Minister of the Ministry of War, Fan Gongzhi was naturally aware of the combat power of the officers and soldiers in various parts of Da Qi, but the motionless array and the uniform shouts in front of him made him feel that the Caizhou Remaining Division was the strongest army in Da Qi.

Chen Chu, who was following a few people, gently patted Xiao Hong, who was excited and restless due to the exciting atmosphere.

This kind of big scene was specially held today. Firstly, it was to let the soldiers enjoy the glory they deserve. Secondly, it also meant to show off their fists.

After participating in the suppression of bandits, the strength of Caizhou's left-behind division can no longer be hidden, so why not show it to all the superiors openly?

In this way, the imperial court and Henan Road will respect Caizhou's left-behind affairs department's suggestions more in the future.
At [-]:[-] noon, all the officials boarded the viewing platform on the left.

Subsequently, representatives of meritorious service during the expedition came out one after another, and Tang Jing'an, the military recorder, read out various awards.

Promotions that deserve promotion, bonuses that deserve bonuses.

When Tang Jing'an called out a person's name and position, the people watching the excitement outside the school grounds would all cheers of "good luck".

Especially when the seven historians came out, the cheers filled the sky and lasted for a long time.

They are favored by everyone because, first of all, the Caizhou Five-Day Talk has publicized their deeds early on, and their legendary stories have the widest audience.

Secondly, the seventh son of the Shi family was originally a fisherman. Not only did the family get a large amount of reward money from this reward, but Shi Dalang made an exception and promoted Deputy Yingzheng, Shi Sanlang, and Shi Wulang to captains.

The seven historians who came from grass-roots backgrounds were able to gain fame in the military, which inspired ordinary people. At the same time, it also implanted a concept in the hearts of the people that "if you have the ability, you can get ahead in the military."On the right side of the auditorium, Shi's mother looked at her sons who stood upright and wore red flowers on their chests. She was so excited that she burst into tears.

The great-grandmother who was accompanying her couldn't help praising Shi's mother, "She has raised a good son."

Wiping away the tears that could not be wiped away, Mrs. Shi just murmured: "Old man, you should be happy if you know something from me. I am worthy of your Shi family, and all the sons are now promising."

Outside the school grounds, Li Mulezi's eldest son looked longingly at the award-winning soldiers and vowed to Li Cuilian: "Mom! When I turn sixteen next year, I will also join the army and earn face for you and my father!"

Li Cuilian, who was tiptoeing to look into the school grounds, sighed with relief and said in a rough voice: "My son, that's all that matters. Being a soldier is not a good job! If anything happens to you, how will my mother survive? Just listen to me. In a few days, the Dutong Mansion will be hiring a servant. Then I'll beg you to come back and help you make a living in the Mansion. Isn't it better than being a soldier to eat well and not be tired?"

The eldest son Li was obviously not happy with his mother's arrangement, but Li Mulezi said: "What's wrong with being a soldier? Isn't my son a son? If everyone thinks like you do, will we wait to die next time if thieves cause trouble?"

Li Mulezi did not refute Li Cuilian's opinion easily, but today it was strange. Li Cuilian knew that her husband was right, but she still refused to accept it: "What you said sounds good, why don't you go to the battlefield to fight?"

"I am here."

Li Mulezi only said two words, then smiled and shook his head, no longer arguing with his wife.

At this time, among the crowd of onlookers outside the school grounds, many people suddenly said "huh" in surprise at the same time, and immediately afterwards, there was a buzz of low-pitched discussions.

Li Mulezi looked over and saw a female general in silver armor and white robes being called out of the queue.

woman?

Can women join the army?Can a woman go into battle to kill the enemy?
Outside the school grounds, at least tens of thousands of people were watching. Just now, every time someone came out of the line, the people cheered loudly.

But when they arrived at Tie Dan, the cheers turned into chaotic discussions.

It suppressed Tang Jing'an's voice as he read out what achievements Tie Gan had made.

The contrast was so great that Tie Dan was at a loss for a moment, lowered his head involuntarily, and held the hem of his armor tightly with both hands.

Even Fan Gongzhi on the stage turned to Zhang Chunxiao and asked about it, as if he was wondering why a woman appeared here.

Chen Chu, who had been sitting firmly on the stage, stood up when he saw this and strode to the audience.

Chen Chu's sudden appearance immediately attracted a lot of attention, including Mao'er who was talking to Fan Ruyu, Yu Nong who was sulking about Chen Jinyu, and Chen Jinyu who was also angry with her brother. They all looked over.

After Chen Chu approached, he reached out and took out the silver Flying Tiger Medal from the tray, stopped in front of Tie Dan, and said with a smile: "The common people have never seen Tie Dan's heroic appearance on the battlefield, but we brothers know that this reward The courage deserves it and the medal!”

After that, Chen Chu pressed the pin on the back of the medal and pinned the medal on Tie Dan's chest.

Tie Dan, who had his head lowered, only raised his head at this moment. Under his heroic eyebrows, there were tears in his innocent eyes.
"What's wrong? Are you touched by me?" Chen Chu said with a smile.

Tie Dan grinned in pain and said, "Don't let the needle behind your medal enter my flesh!"

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Chen Chu hurriedly took off the medal, took a look at Wenwen Mountain, and gave up his plan to rub Brother Tiedan.

This little episode in the audience aroused Mao'er's thoughts.

Chen Jinyu also looked at Tie Dan for a long time.
The commendation continued. Shortly after Chen Chu returned to the stage and sat down, Chen Jingyan, who had been away for a long time, finally returned to the seat next to Chen Chu and sat down.

"Where did the third brother go?" Chen Chu looked at Chen Jingyan, who looked not very good-looking, and asked curiously.

"Five!"

Chen Jingyan was a little angry, and his tone was not very good. Then he immediately realized the current relationship between the two, and quickly changed to a more friendly tone, and whispered: "Fifth brother, what happened between you and the Wu family?" It’s not a big feud that can’t be resolved, so why are you seeking Maozhi’s bad luck again? Isn’t this bullying a child?”

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Chen Chu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and asked curiously: "Who is Maozhi?"

Chen Jingyan said dissatisfied: "Maozhi's name is Yifan, and his brother Wu Yijian is the one who had a conflict with you in Yingzhou."

"I haven't even met the other person, so when did I try to bring bad luck to him?" Chen Chu was like Louis XVI who was confused about Rejoice.

Seeing that Chen Chu's expression didn't seem to be fake, Chen Jingyan couldn't help but said: "Fifth brother, really don't know? That's Gou Baotou taking it upon himself to lead his men to beat Maozhi! It was really a heavy blow, and he broke one of Maozhi's teeth!"

Chen Chushang didn't know the specific situation, but after hearing Chen Jingyan emphasize that Gou Sheng was aggressive, he guessed what he wanted to say.

Chen Chu smiled and said, "What do you want, third brother?"

"We have to give the Wu family an explanation! What I mean is, first remove Gou Baotou from his post, and then give him a few sticks in front of the Wu family." Chen Jingyan discussed.

Chen Chu turned his gaze to the school grounds and said calmly: "Third brother, don't you know that Gou Sheng is mine?"

"Fifth brother, don't worry. Let the Wu family vent their anger. Guan Gou will be arrested for a few days and then released. After all, they beat people first, so there must be an explanation."

"How about an explanation? I don't like the Wu family either. Gou Baotou means that's what I mean. If you want an explanation, let his family come to me to ask for it."

Just now, Chen Chu said that he didn't know what was going on, but now he changed his mind and said that it was his instruction. He clearly wanted to protect his shortcomings. Chen Jingyan couldn't help but said anxiously: "Lao Wu! You are so arrogant! Let's not mention that Uncle Mao Zhi is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, but only Mao Zhi. He is my future son-in-law! If Pingbai suffers a big loss in Caizhou, how can I have the face to meet his elders?"

When Chen Chu heard this, he withdrew his gaze towards the school grounds, stared at Chen Jingyan calmly, and said, "Chen Tongzhi, when you say these words at this time, are you speaking to me as Wu Yifan's father-in-law, or as my sworn third brother? "

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Chen Jingyan was speechless for a moment. He could naturally tell that Chen Chu was very dissatisfied. After hesitating for a moment, he still bit the bullet and said: "Fifth brother, you can't talk like that. I am your third brother and Maozhi's father-in-law. We are not the same." It's not an either/or relationship. Fifth brother, please don't act on your own initiative in this matter! In-laws from the Wu family and mine will have someone to help you speak in the court in the future."

After saying so much nonsense, Chen Jingyan still did not dare or was unwilling to respond to Chen Chu's question forcing him to take sides.

Chen Chu looked at Chen Jingyan with a hint of indifference in his eyes. It had been a long time since Chen Chu had stared at him like this, and he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

Just when he was about to say a few more words, Chen Chu suddenly laughed and said, "Then I would like to thank Third Brother."

"Then Gou catches the head."

"I said, that's my man. If the third brother thinks it's appropriate, he will go and touch him. But the Tongshan soldiers under my brother are unruly and mostly befriend Gou Baotou. If they hear that Gou Baotou has been wronged, they will rush to attack him. There is nothing your brothers can do to stop your government office."

"Lao Wu, you are obviously being unreasonable!"

"Well, that's my truth." Chen Chu pointed at the school grounds full of swords and guns.

At the end of noon, the commendation meeting ended.

In addition to the officers and soldiers who made meritorious service, all soldiers in the army each received a copper "Huaibei Bandit Suppression Commemorative Medal" and five pieces of cargo coupons from Sihai Trading Company.
After all, it cost more than [-] taels of silver to reward the entire army, which was less than one-twentieth of what was gained from the suppression of the bandits.

But the military morale gained and the shock it caused to the people far exceeded the value of this small amount of money.

After the meeting, all the officials returned to the city for a banquet.

Chen Chu and Zhang Chunxiao rode side by side, deliberately slowing down their horses.

When there were no other people around the two of them, Chen Chu suddenly said: "Last time, my lord said, who are Wu Shangshu's sisters-in-law and grandchildren?"

"Sun Changhao, the foreign minister of the Right Cao Department of the Ministry of Revenue?"

"Well, yes, that's him. Didn't Wu Shangshu recommend him to come to Caizhou to take over the post of Zuo Zhifu?"

"Yes, don't worry Chen Dutong, Henan Road will not agree to this appointment as long as I am here." Zhang Chunxiao quickly assured.

Not wanting to, Chen Chu said: "Hey, Mr. Zhang, I thought about it and felt that it was inappropriate to have Henan Road in the middle."

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So, after Chen Chu was silent for a while, he said more bluntly: "Master Zhang agreed to this appointment, and we will sell it to Shangshu Qian and Shangshu Wu to save face."

Zhang Chunxiao couldn't help but be surprised. Who knew that Chen Jingyan was Chen Chu's man? The promotion of Chen Jingyan from an eighth-grade intellectual to a sixth-grade fellow intellectual in Caizhou was all because of Chen Chu's shamelessness.

After the initial decision of Huaibei, Zhang Chunxiao and Chen Chu also put a lot of effort into planning. They first moved Zuo Guoen to Yingzhou and vacated the prefecture of Caizhou.
All this is for Chen Jingyan!
Why did Chen Dutong's attitude suddenly turn 180 degrees?
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Chunxiao guessed that Chen Chu wanted to play both sides of the fence between the Xiangdang and the Houdang, and asked, "Then where is Chen Tongzhi going?"

"Where are you going? Why don't you just fuck him?"

Chen Chu took it for granted. Chen Chu wanted to see how exciting Chen Jingyan's expression would be when he learned that his confirmed position as prefect had been snatched away by the Wu family he longed for.

If you are not 100% loyal, you are 100% disloyal.

Zhang Chunxiao finally noticed something strange and looked back at Chen Jingyan in the distance.

For him, the basis of cooperation with Caizhou is the elite in Chen Chu's hands. As for Chen Jingyan, he doesn't mean much in Zhang Chunxiao's heart.

Zhang Chunxiao even secretly hoped that Chen Chu would not just beat Chen Jingyan, but would be determined to kick the latter out of the core circle of the Tongshan faction.

In that way, Zhang Chunxiao, who played the same role as Chen Jingyan, would have the opportunity to replace the former and then form a true alliance with Chen Chu.

After all, the soldiers in Chen Chu’s hands are so fragrant
In just a few breaths, Zhang Chunxiao made his decision. He smiled and said, "In that case, it will not be difficult for us to make the Henan Road."

"Haha, I'm tired, Sir."

"Yuan Zhang is polite, but our gentleman's agreement remains the same?"

"As usual."

Behind the two of them, more than ten feet away, Chen Jingyan was sitting on a horse. He seemed to be troubled by something, his brows were furrowed and he was absent-minded.

Chen Chu withdrew his gaze from Chen Jingyan and looked up at the sky.

Thousands of miles of blue sky.

In the autumn afternoon, the breeze is not dry and the sunshine is just right.

Old Chen arrived at a crossroads in his life.
　Da Zhangha, who agrees with the idea of ​​two-in-one?Who objects?

　　If you drive a Mazda, don't talk nonsense.
　　
　
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