Lord of the House

The north wind was blowing vigorously, Zhao Qinmin lifted the curtain of the car, and the snowflakes poured straight into the car, scratching his face and causing pain.

A group of people came from the other side of the embankment, with ragged clothes, like a group of beggars on the windy and snowy embankment. Naturally, there would not be a large group of beggars in defending the seawall at this time. Zhao Qinmin just regarded it as a hard worker to repair the embankment. He closed the curtain of the car indifferently. What kind of rhetoric can be used to persuade Lin Fu to give up his anxious desire to take the prefect of Hailing.

"Mr. Zhao is in the car?"

The carriage moved along the inner road of the embankment for a while, and was blocked by people. Zhao Qinmin heard someone standing on the embankment asking loudly.

In the crowd of beggars, the leader was none other than Sun Jingtang, the commander of the Huaidong Army's battalion.

Looking at his appearance at this time, it is impossible to associate him with the big man who holds tens of thousands of soldiers.

"Ah, it turned out to be Jingtang, I thought who was it," Zhao Qinmin asked in surprise, "Why are you like this?"

Sun Jingtang looked at himself, the cotton robe seemed to be rolling through the mud, the black paint was black, the straw rope was tied around the waist, and the hair was loose, like a beggar, and smiled back to Zhao Qinmin: "If you fall, get out. I got off the embankment, got muddy all over, and rushed over to see Mr. Zhao, I didn't have time to go back and change into clean clothes, which made Mr. Zhao a joke!"

Sun Jingtang was born in the river gang. He practiced martial arts since childhood. Kong Wu was strong and strong, and he was accompanied by guards. Although the road on the top of the embankment was not smooth, it was more than three steps wide. Sun Jingtang fell from the embankment. It can be seen that How careless he was...

Zhao Qinmin didn't ask any further questions. Seeing Sun Jingtang slipping down from the top of the embankment, he also got off the carriage and asked, "The envoy is in Yandu County!"

"It's really unfortunate that Chongzhou sent someone to report, and your lord has already left for Shanyang. I sent someone to chase, but I don't know if I can catch up," Sun Jingtang said. Why don't you take a night's rest in Yanqing? You should know the exact news tomorrow morning."

In such a big snowstorm, except for the big rivers such as the Yangtze River and the Huai River, which were not frozen, most of the small and medium rivers in Huaidong were frozen, and boats could not travel. Fortunately, an avenue was first built along the Hanhai Wall, so that we could go directly north from Hecheng, otherwise we would have to take more wrong roads.

"Then let's take a night's rest in Yanqing," Zhao Qinmin is also a guest. At this time, chasing to Shanyang County is too hard. Sitting in the carriage, he also feels cold and stiff in his legs and feet. It is very hard, and he asks Sun Jingtang, " In the snowy weather, why didn't the levee construction stop? In the cold weather, the soil was frozen solid, and the eyes felt it was hard to see, will the soldiers and labor unions on this levee complain?"

"It's okay, it's not a big problem!" Sun Jingtang said lightly.

The actual situation is not the case, Chongzhou is a rare severe cold this year. In such a snowy weather, his body, which had been suffering for years, felt hard, so he accidentally stumbled and fell down the embankment.

The northern line is in critical condition, and who knows when the building will suddenly collapse. The sooner the seawall is built, the tens of thousands of soldiers will be able to get out sooner - the current situation, nothing can be said, no matter how hard it is, we must try our best to prepare everything in advance.

For ordinary generals, as long as officials and generals can share weal and woe, as long as the supply of supplies can be guaranteed, they can eat enough, and they can wear enough clothes to keep out the cold.

The soil is frozen solid, and there is a lot of hay in winter. It is convenient to boil the hot water and irrigate it thoroughly. Besides, no matter how cold Chongzhou is, it is much better than that in the north. As long as you wear enough clothes to keep out the cold and have enough food, there will be no large-scale frostbite.

It's not just the hard work here, how many people in Huaidong can rest at this time? Not all are fighting with God for time!

Zhao Qinmin braved the wind and snow to follow Sun Jingtang to the embankment.

The wind and snow on the embankment is even bigger, but the field of vision is farther. From a distance, you can see countless soldiers and laborers on the embankment and below the embankment, working hard under the wind and snow. This kind of weather makes everyone feel proud. Feeling: Probably only Huaidong can have such a weather.

At this time, there were several fast horses galloping from the north. Seeing that the clothes and armor were the cavalry guards beside Lin Fu, Sun Jingtang and Zhao Qinmin went forward to meet them, but the leader was Zhang Gou, who commanded the army to join the army.

"Your Excellency learned that Jiangning's arrival was coming to meet in the north, and he would come later. Your Excellency asked me to go first. I hope Lord Sun will send someone to intercept Jiangning's arrival, so as not to miss it!" Zhang Gou got off his horse and used his hands and feet together. Climb up the embankment and report to Sun Jingtang.

"This is Mr. Zhao who came from Jiangning..." Sun Jingtang introduced Zhao Qinmin and Zhang Gou to each other.

Zhao Qinmin saw that Zhang Gou was wearing thick armor and climbed the snow-covered embankment. His hands and feet were very agile. He knew that he was a military general. After listening to the introduction, he knew that he was a surrendered general during the Huaisi War. Some, Huaiyang is playing tight, are you not afraid that these generals will secretly collude with the red jacket girl?

Seeing Zhao Qinmin's indifferent attitude towards Zhang Gou, Sun Jingtang just smiled.

Most of Huaidong's situation is due to Lin Fu's eclectic use of talents. Don't say anything else, according to the officialdom, even if the Xihe Club does not commit any crimes, Sun Jingtang, a person from a gang, has great talent, and at least he has a chance to stand out!

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The wind and snow were rustling on the carriage, and Lin Fu could only take some time to rest on the road at this time.

The car was used too frequently, and the road conditions were not good. When we came out, there were three carriages, and they patrolled north for more than half a month. At this time, only one carriage was left intact.

Lin Fu and Song Jia squeezed into a carriage, and more than a hundred horsemen braved the wind and snow to **** the carriage south and rushed to meet Zhao Qinmin.

Lin Bie lay wantonly, looking out of the car window with the curtains open, the wind and snow were frantic, just like the current situation, people couldn't see through!

Song Jia sat restrainedly in the corner. If she fell asleep, she might be more presumptuous, but at this time, she was afraid of sticking to Lin Fu's body-looking at Lin Fu's face, which was gloomy.

Why did Zhao Qinmin come? It's not hard to guess - Gu Wuchen didn't support Lin Fu in grabbing the prefect position of Hailing at this time, so he sent Zhao Qinmin over to persuade him, otherwise, they would just send someone to exchange letters between their husband and wife.

However, Lin Fu was very eager to get the position of the prefect of Hailing at this time. The sooner he obtained it, the better the situation in Huaidong would be!

However, if Lin Fu wanted to obtain the official position of the prefect of Hailing at this time, he had to get the support of Gu Wuchen;

Obviously, Gu Wuchen still had a bit of luck with the situation on the northern front, so he didn't want Lin Fu to test the bottom line of the court again and again at this time.

Song Jia thought to herself: Maybe the best way is not to give Zhao Qinmin a chance to speak, but it will inevitably lead to a rift between Huaidong and Gu Wuchen.

Song Jia was thinking wildly, and soon there were riding guards reporting back, and Sun Jingtang accompanied Zhao Qinmin to wait in the shed in front. In just one stick of incense, the cavalry team quickly beat the whip and arrived at the work shed in the south of Yanqing with the carriage and joined Sun Jingtang and Zhao Qinmin.

"Mr. Zhao has worked hard all the way." Lin Fu straightened his clothes and got off the carriage, and greeted Zhao Qinmin. Before Zhao Qinmin could open his mouth, he asked, "What is Jiangning's opinion about the Great Victory in Western Liaoning?"

Song Jia was reluctant to show outsiders that she and Lin Fu were riding in the carriage, especially since Zhao Qinmin wanted to be his wife's maiden family, so she stayed in the car and wouldn't come out; maybe Zhao Qinmin wouldn't care that there was a woman disguised as a man beside Lin Fu at all. The woman accompanies.

Zhao Qinmin saw that Lin Fu had a rough face and a short mustache on his lips. Maybe he didn't have time to take care of it, but he had a strong spirit. Seeing Lin Fu rushing to speak, he knew that Lin Fu should have guessed his intention and rushed to it. He was displeased when he spoke to stop him, so he could only answer Lin Bing's question first, and said, "Jiang Ning Fengyi is a little frivolous, not a serious way, just listen..."

"Well," Lin Fu responded, pressing his throat and said in a sad voice, "It's fine if it's just a discussion among scholars, but unfortunately the court officials are so stubborn and unrepentant, they're dying, but they can't listen to others. Words - now it seems that the situation on the northern front is irreversible!"

"Perhaps there is no need to be so pessimistic..." Zhao Qinmin said.

"Mr. Zhao thinks I'm pessimistic?" Lin Fu asked back, without waiting for Zhao Qinmin to answer, and said, "The best outcome is that the Li Bingbu can persist in Songshan City until next spring, and the Huaidong Navy will go north to receive assistance; Bad results, Yanjing may not be able to keep it this time!"

"Ah..." Although Zhao Qinmin felt that Lin Fu was somewhat alarmist, he didn't expect Lin Fu to say such a serious thing when he came over. He tried to persuade him to give up his position as prefect of Hailing, but he was speechless.

The atmosphere was a little stiff. At this time, a group of cavalrymen from the north came over with a carriage, and the horse team was moving very fast.

Regardless of whether it was in Huaidong or not, if a strange horse team approached so quickly, Lin Bie's cavalry guards would react, and Zhou Pu led someone to quickly rush over to intercept it.

Song Jia also got out of the car curiously and walked to Lin Fu's side, standing in front of the shed with Lin Fu, Sun Jingtang, Zhao Qinmin and others, watching the direction of the horse team. After a while, he saw Zhou Pu accompanied Cao Zi'ang first on horseback. The horse team came slowly with the carriage.

Cao Zi'ang's face was haggard, and at a glance, he knew that he had traveled a long way, and he had not rested in the middle of the journey.

Zhao Qinmin was shocked. In Huaidong, Cao Ziang stood side by side with Fu Qinghe, Qin Chengzu, and Lin Mengde. He was Lin Bie's right-hand man. At this time, he was supposed to be in Shanyang to take charge of Lin Bie's military affairs on the northern front. He rushed in such a hurry. When I came to see Lin Fu, could it be that something big happened in the north?

Cao Zi'ang bowed his hands to Zhao Qinmin and said, "Mr. Zhao is here to visit Huaidong..." He attached to Lin Bie and whispered, regardless of Zhao Qinmin's presence.

Zhao Qinmin was even more surprised when he saw Lin Fu's face change greatly. It would never be a trivial matter to make Lin Fu's face change.

Lin Fu didn't care to explain anything to Zhao Qinmin, so he only instructed Sun Jingtang: "Jingtang accompanies Mr. Zhao to Yanqing first, and I will come later."

Zhao Qinmin really wanted to know what happened, but Lin Fu was so clear that he wanted to take him away, so he couldn't stay behind. When the horse team passed by, Zhao Qinmin lifted the curtain of the car, glanced at the carriage surrounded by the horse team, and thought to himself: It is so crowded, who is sitting inside?

Lin Fu never thought that Gao Zongting would come to see him from western Liaoning. The news of Gao Zongting coming to Huaidong at this time must not be leaked, otherwise Li Zhuo would not be able to distinguish clearly with a hundred mouths. Could it be that Cao Zi'ang would **** him over in person.

Zhou Pu led the cavalry guards to disperse their vigilance and drove all the irrelevant people away from the work shed. All the way to the south, Gao Zongting had suffered hardships, and the clothes of Gao Zongting were very weak. , and most of them don't recognize him as Gao Zongting.

When Gao Zongting saw Lin Fu's first sentence, he said, "Li Shuai asked me to send you a letter." He took out a neatly folded white silk cloth from his arms.

Song Jia stood beside her, full of doubts, and even though she was witty, she could not guess the intention of Gao Zongting to come to Huaidong at this time, but looking at Gao Zongting's expression, Western Liaoning should not have changed much. Even if there was a big change, Gao Zongting sneaked in alone, and he couldn't be faster than the post and cavalry to deliver the message, but he saw Lin Bing open the white silk cloth, as if he had been bitten by a snake, and threw the white silk cloth away.

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