Detective in the Red Chamber

Hearing that Li Changshun was really not sure at this time, he immediately lost his face and said with a wry smile, "But if it's not like this, wouldn't you want to follow his wishes?"

Speaking of this, Zhao Haogu stopped talking, lowered his voice and reminded, "Don't dare to use those untrustworthy whores, otherwise if there are rumors that we are secretly colluding with barbarians..."

Now the people in the city hated the barbarians deeply. If they knew that the Li family was secretly colluding with the barbarians, they might be expelled from Wuxi City without waiting for the barbarians to come in.

Naturally, Li Changshun also knew this truth, thinking that not to mention the prostitutes outside, even the servants at home, he would never dare to let her get involved in it.

However, after getting rid of the maid, can't you just use...

Some embarrassment and reluctance flashed across Li Changshun's face, but in the end he still gritted his teeth and said, "Come on, go and invite Third Aunt!"

Zhao Haogu listened to it, and couldn't help sighing secretly.

The third aunt was originally a Qingguan in Piaoxianglou. Because of her great talent and reputation, she was married into the family by Li Changshun five years ago, and gave birth to a concubine the following year.

Since there is a son tied to him, he is naturally not afraid that the third aunt will sell the Li family.

I just feel sorry for this third concubine, who has always been clean and undisputed, but she has to suffer such humiliation for no reason.

Not to mention the state of mind of the master and the hired two in the living room, but said that the servants heard the news and went to the back house to pass it on. After a while, the third aunt hurried over.

At the beginning, Zhao Haogu only had a face-to-face meeting with Third Aunt Niang when she married into the Li family. After five years, when he saw her again, his cold demeanor remained the same, but his figure was a bit more mature than a woman's. .

Even the slightly heavy winter clothes can hardly conceal her graceful curves, and the appearance of green mountains and deep valleys can be vaguely seen while walking.

Perhaps because of her background as a brothel girl, this third aunt was the most cautious about guarding against men and women, so when she learned that shopkeeper Zhao was present, she specially covered her with a veil.

"Ugh."

Seeing the slender figure bowing down gracefully, Li Changshun sighed bitterly, and told Zhao Haogu, "Shopkeeper Zhao, please tell Qingniang about that matter."

As she spoke, she turned around, unable to bear to look at Third Aunt again.

Zhao Haogu got the order, so he sneaked the young head of Tongximan into the city, settled in Li's tea shop, and hated the fact that there was no woman to serve him, so he told the story.

Although he didn't break Li Changshun's mind, but this lady Qing is smart, so why don't she understand that her master wants to use herself to please the barbarians?

At the moment, a heart is like falling into an ice cave.

It was only when he inserted his nails deeply into Bai Yuye's palm that he managed to suppress the resentment and impulse in his heart, and said coldly and alienated, "If it is to save the lives of the Li family, I dare not disobey the master's wishes."

"Ms. Qing!"

Hearing that she was so obedient, Li Changshun called back emotionally, and opened his mouth reluctantly, as if wanting to change his mind, but in the end he uttered a sentence, "Be kind and take care of me, don't bring trouble on our Li family."

After hearing such shameless exhortations, Qingniang felt even more hopeless.

She gritted her silver teeth tightly, bowed again, and said resolutely, "Although I come from a humble background, I also know the four characters of courtesy, righteousness, integrity and shame. If I go today, I will never dare to come back to serve the master with a dirty body. I will treat Qing Niang like this." After the rest of my life, I hope the master will treat our children well."

Saying that, without any further hesitation, she got up and urged Zhao Haogu to lead the way.

Li Changshun heard that she wanted to commit suicide afterwards to gain fame, and chased a few steps outside excitedly, but then remembered the tragedy of the barbarians massacring the city a few months ago, so those two legs were as heavy as a thousand pieces of gold, and it was difficult to move an inch.

"Qingniang, Qingniang... woo woo woo..."

Watching Zhao Haogu and Qingniang disappear around the corner, he suddenly sat down on the ground, and lost his voice in pain.

"Great joy, my lord, my lord is very happy!"

But at this moment, a certain servant who didn't open his eyes suddenly barged in, yelling, and was about to say something with joy, when he suddenly found that his master was sitting on the ground wiping his tears, and he froze on the spot again.

"You bloody bitch!"

Li Changshun hurriedly got up from the ground, wiped away the tears on his face with his sleeve, and scolded angrily, "Who told you to barge in? Do you still understand the rules?!"

"master."

The servant bowed his body hurriedly, and said in a low voice, "It's really a big happy event, the villain just forgot his sense of propriety for a while..."

Li Changshun snorted when he heard the words, "Happy event? What kind of happy event can my Li family have now!"

"It's really a great joy!"

The servant hurriedly said, "The imperial army's counter-insurgency troops have entered the city ahead of time. I heard that they won two battles and killed many barbarians!"

When Li Changshun heard that it was such a thing, Li Changshun became even more angry, and said angrily, "You actually believe such rumors? When the Wuxi barbarians rebelled, the government also said that they had won many battles, but what happened? The Xuan Fu envoys were all killed by the barbarians!"

"It's different this time, sir!"

The servant pointed to the outside and said, "The officers and soldiers not only rescued many kidnapped women, but also captured Tong Ximan's leader Yahamo alive!"

Only then did Li Changshun show some shock, but he still couldn't believe it, "What? Tong Ximan's chief leader, Yahamo, was... captured alive by the officers and soldiers?! You...you must have heard it wrong, right? !"

"How is it possible! Many people on the street have recognized Najahamer!" The servant said vividly again, "I heard that the officers and soldiers have also robbed dozens of young and beautiful barbarians, and now they are all disheveled. ..."

Here he was talking about the barbarian girl with joy, but Li Changshun still had the heart to continue listening, and immediately shouted, "Quick, hurry up and chase San Yiniang and Shopkeeper Zhao back!"

Chapter 592 Five Stream City [Part [-]]

The sound of gongs and drums and the fluttering of pennants.

Wuxi City, which has been silent for several months, has not been so lively for a long time.

Luo Zhun led several subordinate officials and waited eagerly outside the Xuanfu envoy's yamen, their faces seemed to be full of joy and encouragement, but there was a bit of inseparable sadness mixed between their brows.

The officers and soldiers achieved great victories against the bandits, and even captured the barbarian chief Yahamo alive. Although it boosted the morale of the people, it may not be a good thing for Luo Zhun and Wuxi City.

A few days ago, I heard that the Wuxi barbarians intend to come down the mountain to harass again, so Luo Zhun secretly sent people deep into the hinterland of the mountain, intending to appease the Jiji barbarians, at least until the imperial court's counter-insurgency army arrived.

Who would have thought that the plan could not keep up with the changes, and the anti-insurgency army was still pinned down in southern Xinjiang. The pioneer of the Beijing camp, who arrived first, stabbed a hornet's nest unknowingly.

In this way, wouldn't all my previous painstaking efforts be in vain?

And if the barbarians became angry from embarrassment and gathered a large army to kill them down the mountain, given the current situation of Wuxi City, how should they resist? !

What made Luo Zhun most depressed was that these things could not be said on the table. After all, sending people to contact the Wuxi barbarians was just a decision he made in private and did not get the approval of the court.

He even had to put on a cheerful look in front of the people in the city to welcome that stupid fool!

The book does not go into details.

Luo Zhun just smiled on his face like this, and waited in his heart for about a quarter of an hour before he saw the officers and soldiers parading around the city, led by the county government officers beating gongs and drums, and Shi Shiran was walking towards this side.

And those ignorant and short-sighted people actually followed along the road and cheered.

Hey~

Luo Zhun secretly sighed in his heart, a sense of sadness that everyone is drunk and I am alone awake spontaneously arises.

But the situation was such that he still had to put on a happy face, strode forward to meet him, and said loudly from a distance, "Xu Qianhu is worthy of being a veteran general in Beijing, and he made such a great contribution without making a sound! official……"

"grown ups!"

Before he finished talking about the scene here, the county magistrate of Wuxi hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, and reminded him in a low voice, "Then Xu Qianhu is only the deputy general. The one who led the troops to quell the rebellion was actually Master Sun Shaozong."

Sun Shaozong?

This name seems to be somewhat familiar.

Right now, Luo Zhun couldn't bear to think too much, so Luo Zhun hurriedly pretended to be stunned, and laughed loudly, "As expected, he is indeed the elite of the Beijing camp. This strategy of attacking east and west, and the soldiers are not tired of deceit, even the official was kept in the dark."

While speaking, a burly general in front stepped forward to greet him, cupped his hands and said, "Sun has met Master Luo!"

After a few steps, Luo Zhun still had to raise his head slightly to meet his eyes.

Of course, this was also because Sun Shaozong only nodded slightly, but did not give the full salute.

To be so arrogant in front of Shangguan, he really is an arrogant soldier!

No wonder he didn't even want to inform himself, so he went directly to the mountains to provoke those barbarians.

Luo Zhun's heart became more and more displeased, but he didn't want to get angry in front of others, so he gave up his hand and said with a smirk, "Sun Qianhu came from a long way, and secretly crossed Chencang to capture Yahamo, the barbarian chieftain alive. He must be tired and nervous." Now, I specially ordered someone to prepare food and drinks in the yamen, just for Sun Qianhu to cleanse the dust—please!"

When he looked at Sun Shaozong, Sun Shaozong also took his behavior and speech into his eyes.

Faintly, he could see that Master Luo didn't seem to welcome himself and others.

But Sun Shaozong didn't care too much, he smiled sassyly, said that it is better to obey than to be respectful, and walked ahead without hesitation.

What an impertinent!

Luo Zhun's complexion finally couldn't help but collapsed. Even if he had meritorious service, he still had to talk about the difference between context and martial arts.

How can there be a reason for a military man to go down to an official and go madly ahead of a civilian upper official?

Even if it is a proud soldier from the capital, this kind of behavior is too presumptuous, right?

"Lord Luo."

At this time, the Wuxi county magistrate on the side hurriedly came up again, and explained in a low voice, "Master Sun also holds the official position of Hebei Chief Envoy, Siyou and Counselor. According to the regulations of the imperial court, he should be ahead of your lord."

The Chief Envoy is right to the Senate? !

Even though Luo Zhundang was a little dumbfounded, he thought to himself that it's no wonder that this person surnamed Sun could only be polite.

Although Xuan Fu envoys have more military power than ordinary magistrates, but in terms of rank, they are lower than magistrates, and they are dispatched from the fourth rank.

The councilors are also from the fourth grade, and they are still the top ones in the province. Even if they are not officials from the province, it is a matter of course that they are ranked before the Xuanfu envoy.

only……

This is obviously a fierce general who leads troops to fight, but how can he have a higher civil position than a military one?

Luo Zhun's mind was filled with question marks, and he followed Sun Shaozong into the Xuanfu envoy's yamen in a daze. Seeing that the guests and hosts were about to be seated, he suddenly remembered something, and blurted out, "I heard that there is a Qingtian god in the capital who judged Sun Zhizhong. But I don't know what is the relationship with Master Sun?"

Sun Shaozong was about to take the seat, when he heard Luo Zhun mention this, he immediately waved his hands and laughed, "What is the saying of Qingtian God's judgment, it's just a compliment from the people of the capital, it can't be true, absolutely can't be true."

"It's really Sun Zhizhong in person?!"

This time Luo Zhun's horror was far greater than before.

Although it is thousands of miles away, Luo Zhun has read news about Sun Shaozong's clever solution to the strange case more than once in the mansion newspaper in the past two years.

It's just that Sun Shaozong's majestic body is so different from the image he imagined, that's why he couldn't combine the two in time.

However, after learning that Sun Shaozong was governed by Shuntian Prefecture, which was famous for his wit and was repeatedly commended by the court, Luo Zhun felt a lot of puzzlement in his heart.

In addition, the matter of Sun Shaozong's transfer from Wu Jinshi as a civil servant was not listed in the mansion newspaper, so there were a lot of barriers and taboos subconsciously reduced.

So Luo Zhun gritted his teeth, and gave Sun Shaozong a deep bow, "Since Mr. Sun is in person, there is something unclear here, I hope Mr. Sun can teach you something."

Naturally, Sun Shaozong hurriedly returned the salute, "Don't dare, please ask Master Luo for advice."

I heard Luo Zhun ask, "May I ask Mr. Sun, the imperial court's army to suppress the rebellion is now detained in southern Xinjiang?"

In fact, the so-called counter-insurgency army is still on paper.

But at present, Sun Shaozong has not been able to fully open up the situation. If he tells the truth, the morale that has just been boosted in the city may fall into a trough immediately.

So he nodded vaguely and said, "Right now, there are indeed only more than [-] people from Sun's subordinate."

"Go!"

Luo Zhun clenched his fist and hammered heavily into the palm of his hand, "Since the army has not yet arrived, why did Master Sun take the initiative to provoke the Wuxi barbarians? Even if the Tongxi barbarians were severely injured, the remaining four tribes combined would have [-] to [-] people." If all the people are angry and come down the mountain, how can you and I resist?!"

Having said that, he bowed again, "I have heard that Mr. Sun is extremely intelligent, so I think he must have a plan, which can relieve Luo's anxiety."

In fact, Sun Shaozong was not prepared to explain anything to the officials of Wuxi City.

After all, he still has the rank of councilor on his head, so even if something goes wrong and all the soldiers and horses under his command are transferred to the local ranks, it will not be the turn of a mere Xuanfu envoy to rule.

However, Sun Shaozong couldn't ignore Luo Zhun's seriousness and his attitude of pleading for the people of the city.

So after thinking about what to say in his mind, he asked back, "Master Luo, according to the current situation in southern Xinjiang, if the army does not arrive, and only my thousand and five hundred people enter Wuxi City, do you think the barbarians will always be obedient?" Stay in the mountains?"

"This……"

Although Luo Zhun really wanted to deny this hypothesis, when the Wuxi barbarians rebelled, they defeated more than ten thousand soldiers including the reinforcements from the province.

Now is the time of arrogance, how can he take these two or three thousand soldiers and horses in the city in his eyes?

According to the analysis of the intelligence I have heard, if not unexpected, the barbarians will inevitably go down the mountain to loot again around the New Year's Eve.

And at that time, Wuxi City will naturally bear the brunt.

Seeing that Luo Zhun was speechless, Sun Shaozong continued, "If the barbarians take the initiative to attack, the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city will inevitably drop. Even with our help, Wuxi City may not be able to survive!"

"That's why Sun wants to take the initiative to attack. Firstly, to defeat the barbarians one by one to weaken the strength of the barbarians; secondly, to boost morale and let the soldiers and civilians in the city know that the barbarians are not to be feared; thirdly, to let the thieves know that I can attack well, so that Have scruples."

"As long as the hearts of the army and the people in the city are available, and Sun's subordinates have brought a lot of firearms that are the best at defending the city, it will not be a problem to resist the barbarian's offensive in a short period of time."

"At that time, Sun will lead a small number of elites to burn, kill and loot the places in the heart of the barbarians, and then release rumors mixed with truth and falsehood, forcing the barbarians to tire of the war and return home. Why worry about these mobs not being distracted?"

"So the reason why Sun took the initiative to attack was to better defend Wuxi City!"

"It's just the beginning. After a few days of rest, Mr. Sun will continue to go into the mountains to hunt for thieves until the barbarians are terrified of us and other officers and soldiers!"