Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

If Su Xia hadn't known the layout of Magistrate Murong's residence in Qingzhou Prefecture in advance, he would have thought it was a Hongmen Banquet.

With so many sergeants in the courtyard, who can not be suspicious!

Fortunately, Su Xia was not worried and handed over the sword she was carrying, but the gold chain hidden around her waist was her melee weapon. Li Dong, on the other hand, watched everything with vigilant eyes and whispered:

"General, why are there so many soldiers in the prefect's courtyard!"

Su Xia gave Li Dong a look and signaled to stop talking.

He understood why Magistrate Murong placed so many sergeants in the courtyard.

Ever since the last 10 taels of snowflake silver in Guo Wuji's custody was lost, he had ordered a strict defense, and even violated the regulations and called in the imperial army to guard his private courtyard!

Entering the second courtyard again, this second courtyard is nested in the main courtyard. As expected, the sergeants are no longer there.

In the room, seeing Su Xia come in, Murong Yanda actually stood up. There were two people sitting next to him, one was Qingzhou Tongpan, and there was a big man. Su Xia had only seen these two people before, and the big man Su Xia also knows him.

The last time Taiwei Su held a meeting of officers of the Forbidden Army in Dengzhou and Qingzhou, that person was at the scene. It was none other than Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming.

Murong Yanda smiled brightly and said: "General Su, you are here. We are preparing a family banquet for you. Let me introduce you. This is Lord Tongpan and General Qin Ming, the commander of the Qingzhou Command Department."

Su Xia and Li Dong held fists for these two people one by one.

Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming also clasped his fists and said: "I have heard for a long time that General Su and General Li are proficient in water warfare, so the transfer envoy specially asked me to learn from them!"

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

"Come, sit down, sit down, sit down!"

Murong Yanda motioned for several people to sit down.

He waved his hand and let the servants go down.

Su Xia rarely spoke, listening to Murong Yanda's intentions, but he could clearly feel that Li Dong beside him was a little nervous.

Maybe he had watched too many Li Dong dramas. His eyes were always scanning behind the screen. When a few people were drinking and having fun, he also noticed that Li Dong seemed to be ready for battle at any time. Although it was not obvious from the outside, he was definitely there. Be prepared to kill.

Su Xia immediately understood that Li Dong was probably afraid that this was the Hongmen Banquet and that there was a swordsman hidden behind the screen.

"Relax, this is not the Hongmen Banquet. Let's talk about whatever we want, whatever we want!"

Murong Yanda said and raised his wine glass again; "General Su, do you know? Our Qin Ming Qin General is from Kaizhou behind the mountains! He is nicknamed Thunderbolt, and the mace in his hand is invincible. .”

Su Xia nodded, secretly guessing Qin Ming's place of origin.

Some people say that Qin Mingyi opened the county in today's Chongqing, others say that it is today's Fengcheng City in Liaoning Province, and some say that it is Puyang City in today's Henan Province).

Which Kaizhou is this Kaizhou that Murong Yanda is talking about?

(Note: After the Five Dynasties, Shi Jingtang of the Jin Dynasty ceded the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun to the Khitan for his own personal gain. Later, the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun was customarily divided into seven prefectures in front of the mountain and nine prefectures behind the mountain, using the northern branch of Taihang Mountain and the inner Great Wall as boundaries. After Kaizhou, it should be located in today's Fengcheng, Liaoning Province.)

However, before Su Xia could ask, Li Dong blurted out and asked? "Khitan?"

Qin Ming's expression changed slightly: "Actually, it is, and it is not!"

"Oh? How do you say this?"

Qin Ming just wanted to explain something.

Murong Yanda on the side said hurriedly: "Okay, instead of explaining how General Qin came here today, I would like to ask you, do you two have any considerations when I transfer you to Fengxiang Mansion? What will happen next? "

Su Xia's expression did not change: "Mr. Murong, of course we soldiers have nothing to say. We are just waiting for the transfer letter from the Privy Council. We will go wherever the Privy Council wants us to go!"

"Good general, good general! Your achievements are outstanding, you have eliminated so many Japanese pirates! Even the Holy One has praised you several times!"

Murong Yanda looked at Su Xia and Li Dong with approval. In fact, he was behind the transfer of these two people! He was very dissatisfied with these two people. Cheng Haijun was a bit powerful and he didn't want the second person to take command!

Su Xia hurriedly raised her glass: "It is only thanks to the assistance of the transfer envoy, the general judge and the generals that the Chengdu Navy can achieve such a record!"

Su Xia said this, but Magistrate Murong said regretfully: "General Su, I don't know much about military matters. The government asked me to be the transfer envoy. I am really reluctant to let you go when the central government transfers you. It would be nice if someone could switch with you."

Su Xia nodded frequently after listening to the words.

Hu Yanzhuo, the commander of the Wuwei Army, and Qin Ming, the commander of the Qingzhou Command, are not smart people. They are not so much generals who are good at fighting! It is better to say that it is the courage of an ordinary man!

Especially for Qin Ming, Su Xia has no special feelings for this "Thunderbolt". As a general, Su Xia believes that the first thing you should have is a wise mind, and then strong martial arts!

Murong Yanda's meaning just now was quite clear. He probably wanted to choose Qin Ming as the commander-in-chief of the navy!

This Murong Yanda's hands are stretched out long enough, and he can even think of ways to decide on the candidates for military commanders in the Privy Council!

This meal actually made Su Xia secretly determined to solve Murong Yanda's problem as soon as possible.

"Hey, General Su, I heard that you were attacked in Dengzhouwei's restaurant? Is that true?"

"Thank you for your concern, sir, but there is such a thing. It's just a thief, not worth mentioning!"

"That's good, that's good!"

Everyone was drinking and talking nonsense again in a pretentious manner.

After having enough wine and food, Su Xia and Li Dong retired first.

After the guards led the horses for them, Su Xia noticed that Li Dong's clothes had been soaked through: "Li Dong, what, is it that hot?"

"Sir, Magistrate Murong has prepared a Hongmen Banquet for us!"

Su Xia pretended to be puzzled: "Oh? No, I don't think there are swordsmen behind the screen! What are you nervous about?"

Li Dong wiped the sweat from the top of his head, "Sir, have you seen it?"

"Of course I can tell. You were very nervous when you were eating. You tensed your legs the whole time, and your eyes wandered there from time to time, as if you were ready to exert force at any time!"