Brocade tears

The last thing Meng Kuang did before leaving home was to tell his family members to change their address, especially his younger sister, Meng Ai. She was not used to calling her "brother", but she was always called "sister", which was too easy to expose her personality. identity.Although Meng Yan has never called Meng Kuang that way outside his home.And Daoist Luo has taken the initiative to change the address of Meng Kuang to "Brother Kuang", and Qing Xu followed him in calling Meng Kuang.Meng Kuang herself was not used to it. Although she had been used to her new name for a long time in the new barracks, at first she would be slow to respond when people called her like that. It took seven or eight days to get used to it.

The camp of Jinyiwei Imperial City Garrison and Patrol Station is located at the root of the Imperial City, outside the Xihua Gate, on the west side of the North Gate, next to the warehouses of the Inner Palace.This is a standard thousand-household station. There are 1000 ordinary school lieutenants and soldiers in the station, and there are 120 officers in small banners, general banners, and hundreds of households.The small banners start from the seventh rank and manage ten ordinary school lieutenants; the general banner is the seventh rank and manages five small banners with a total of 55 people; the hundred households are the sixth rank and manages two general banners with a total of 110 people, and the hundred households also have deputy titles In order to "test a hundred households", follow the sixth rank; one thousand households are the five ranks, and the deputy thousand households follow the five ranks, managing ten hundred households with a total of 120 people.

This is why the Beijing Army can have such a complete system of guards. In fact, as early as after the civil fort change, the guard system based on the garrison system was gradually collapsing. By the end of Jiajing in the previous dynasty, land annexation had reached its peak. , The desertion of soldiers caused a large number of shortages in the army.With years of foreign wars, the recruitment system in frontier and field troops has become the mainstream.Different from the Weisuo system, the battalion units formed by the recruiting system have completely different military titles.Shichang, Captain, Sentinel, Garrison, Dusi, Guerrilla, General, Deputy Commander, and Commander, respectively correspond to the small banner, general banner, trial hundred households, hundred households, deputy thousand households, and thousand households in the guard system , Guard Commander, Deputy Commander, and Commander.There is no customization of the soldiers under the jurisdiction of the general soldier, the deputy general soldier, etc. Some have tens of thousands of troops, and some have 10,000+. The number of soldiers in the army mainly depends on the financial and operational needs of the army.

The designation of the unit Meng Kuang belongs to is the third small banner of the left banner of the first battalion of the right. All knowledge of the troops assigned by oneself.The soldiers in the battalion had their menstruation once a month, and the holidays were arranged in order. Meng Kuang had a chance to go home once a month to have a look, but he only had two days to rest, and he would return to the team soon.

The appearance of the barracks is similar. The barracks are slightly better. Six people live in one room, and three people sleep in a row of kangs. Like a new barracks, they are separated by tents and bamboo curtains. They are more spacious and can accommodate more. Personal items.The latrines and bathrooms in the military are still concentrated in the northeast corner of the camp, but they look much better than the recruit camp.There is not much difference in the daily training, but some battalions have to participate in special training. These battalions are the focus of the superiors, and they will definitely be promoted to officers in the future.Meng Kuang is one of them.In addition, there are missions to go out every day to patrol around the imperial city.The patrol time and route of each team are not fixed, and they are often rotated.On average, each patrol takes two hours.

The advantage of joining the patrol team is that you can often walk around the capital. Although you can't leave the imperial city, you can see the people's livelihood in the city anyway.Watching the people work and rest at sunrise and live a peaceful life, she seems to be able to find peace in her heart, which can play a very good role in regulating her mood.

In addition to completing basic training and patrol tasks every day, Meng Kuang also needs to conduct special training.It was mainly the hidden weapon project that she had chosen in the new barracks, as well as the special training project for field investigation and exploration.The hidden weapon project will arrange one hour of special training every day, and Meng Kuang will also practice extra.Field reconnaissance and exploration training is held every ten days, and each time they will go out for three days of training. Meng Kuang and others need to march out of the city with heavy loads, and go to the outskirts of Beijing for actual combat training.

Organizing dozens of elite soldiers for special training is the maximum level of training that Jinyiwei can afford. Most Jinyiwei soldiers do not receive such systematic and intensive training, they just dawdle in the army.Two months ago, the special training was just a name, and it was because Luo Sigong was promoted to the deputy commander, rectified the military style, and carried out the special training with a strong hand, that he deserved it.Meng Kuang was lucky enough to catch up with the good season, otherwise she wouldn't be able to practice too many skills in the army.

Meng Kuang spent every day in constant training and patrolling. She didn't know when she would have her first mission, but she was secretly looking forward to it, because a special mission meant that she would finally Be able to gradually get in touch with the core figures of Jin Yiwei.During this period of time, it was rare for her to be able to organize her thoughts and calm down.Daoist Luo taught her the breathing meditation method, and she practiced it every day, and gradually saw the effect.The violent emotions emanating from her bones were gradually suppressed, and she became much calmer.She also has a good relationship with her colleagues. Du Qichang, the commander of the Xiaoqi to which Meng Kuang belongs, is familiar with the tactical sign language popular in the army, and taught Meng Kuang that this sign language can communicate to a considerable extent. For four years, veterans who had received actual combat training understood, so Meng Kuang's communication barriers in the army were much smaller.

From June of the 11th year of Wanli to June of the 12th year of Wanli, Meng Kuang stayed at the patrol station for a whole year, but Meng Kuang did not encounter any special tasks in the end.During this period, she returned home from time to time, and finally slowly established an intelligence network of her own, which allowed her to communicate at home without hindrance.During this period of time, the family received several letters from the second brother, who had already arrived in Nanjing, and the contents of the letters were plain, with only a few sentences, and rarely mentioned more privacy.Perhaps considering the possibility of news leaking out, he didn't mention at all whether there was any new progress in his investigation into the death of his father and brother within this year.And Lingji Hall finally opened in a low-key way. Luo Daochang and Qingxu dealt with the entanglement of local snakes several times, and finally established a foothold at the entrance of the school grounds.

Just when Meng Kuang was a little anxious about the lack of progress in his revenge plan, a major incident involving the Jinyiwei happened in Beijing. The Jinyiwei made some internal adjustments, and Meng Kuang's long-awaited opportunity to get close to the center of power finally came.

Since the Zhengde Dynasty, internal exercises have been practiced, and 3000 eunuchs have been gathered to perform in the inner court. Generals of Jin Yiwei and the Great Han Dynasty have also participated in it.It was the Dragon Boat Festival that year, and the Holy One held a grand internal exercise.On the ninth day of May, Dong Ji, head of the Guangxi Division of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, risked his life to fight against Shu, saying: "The inner court is so strict that 3000 people gathered for no reason to try it with a murderous weapon. The minister is really worried about the safety of the Holy Majesty."Does the Holy One think that with these [-] people, he can be confident?Little do they know that this generation is useless.They live in peace and good food, and their muscles and bones are weak. Once they wear armor and armor, they will practice in cold and heat, and they will never complain.There is nothing more dangerous than gathering three thousand grudges in the inner court.And since the internal exercises, the rewards have exceeded [-] taels.If things go on like this, how can the financial resources be inexhaustible.It is a pity to waste useful money on useless places.

With a heart of loyalty and sincerity, what Dong Ji got was to be demoted and expelled from the capital.The emperor was demoted to be the governor of Wanquandu for the crime of "not being an official, but pretending to blasphemy".More than a month after the Dragon Boat Festival, on June 28, Tan Xisi, the censor of the Nanjing Fujian Taoist Examination, asked to stop the internal exercises.This incident had a subsequent impact, that is, the internal exercises were indeed suspended, and Jin Yiwei was implicated.Zhang Jing, the middle officer of the East Factory, Liu Shouyou, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and Luo Sigong, the deputy commander, were summoned. Afterwards, a large number of pro-military lieutenants and generals of the Han Dynasty were replaced within the Jinyiwei.It seems that although the emperor seemed to reprimand Dong Ji for his blasphemy, he actually put "a person with a grudge in the inner court is more dangerous than this." After listening to this sentence, he asked Jin Yiwei to strengthen the protection of the palace.

Luo Sigong did not forget that Meng Kuang, the once-in-a-hundred-year soldier king, was sent to the patrol station for a year, which is long enough. He immediately took this opportunity to transfer Meng Kuang to the North Town Fusi. middle.The transfer was so sudden that Meng Kuang didn't even have time to say goodbye to the comrades in the patrol station around him, and she didn't have time to return the erotic books that her comrades gave her two days ago, so she had no choice but to take them home and hid them in the bedroom. Under the floor tiles next to the bed, it is really dumbfounding.

Meng Kuang's military rank has not changed, he is still an ordinary lieutenant soldier.But as soon as he entered Beizhen Fusi, the first real special mission came the next day.Moreover, this special mission was an assassination mission, and without any psychological preparation for Meng Kuang, she was going to be sent to Jiangxi to assassinate a man named Yue Tingmao and return with his head.This is a nomination task, Meng Kuang must show her loyalty and usefulness to the organization, and complete the task perfectly.She is the only one who performs the task, and it all depends on her own ability.

Meng Kuang received some intelligence clues about this person. He is currently located in the east of Linchuan County, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province.This person is 33 years old, has 12 wives and concubines, and more than [-] children in total. There are also many thugs in his family, who are fully armed and rampant in the countryside.The assassination mission was very simple, which was to bring back his own head.As for his wives, concubines and children, they were not mentioned in the mission.

The superior did not give her any explanation as to why this person was killed, and Meng Kuang didn't need to know.

After receiving the task, Meng Kuang set off immediately, put on casual clothes and equipment.She traveled day and night and left Beijing for Jiangxi.On this trip, she didn't even mention a word to her family.It only took her [-] days to rush from the capital to Linchuan, Jiangxi. When she arrived in Linchuan, she inquired, but heard that Yue's family, the richest man in the county, had packed their bags two days ago and ran away overnight. When people went to the empty building, there were still a lot of gold and silver heavy items that could not be taken away. Several gangs of thieves broke into the door and stole everything.

She secretly thought it was bad, could it be that the news leaked?This task of nomination is very important to her, and she is determined not to fail.So she immediately began to follow the trail, searching all the way, and finally let her catch up with the escaped convoy of the Yue family in the Foling area south of Linchuan.

The convoy travels slowly and travels through the mountains, making the road difficult.Meng Kuang abandoned his horse and sneaked quickly from the forest slope on the east side of the mountain road, and soon overtook the front of the carriage team.She found a large bluestone as a cover, took out the Asura mask made for her by her second brother from the bag, wiped it with her sleeve, and put it on solemnly.Immediately, he took out the scabbard from the scabbard specially made for the double-headed scabbard at his waist.Holding the handle of the knife, she watched the blade glowing with coldness, the original tension in her heart seemed to subside in an instant, and the killing intent gradually condensed.

She thought about her plan again, she didn't want to kill indiscriminately, and the task asked her to take Yue Tingmao's head, so she would try to kill him alone.Just look at the carriage team below, surrounded by many servants with knives, bows and arrows, it doesn't seem very easy.She hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether she should do it now, or wait until they reached the next resting point.The latter can take advantage of the unpreparedness and sneak in to kill the target, while the former can reduce the possibility of accidents. After all, in this wilderness, the possibility of the other party asking for help will be minimized.

The opportunity was fleeting, and the carriage team was about to pass by the location of the big bluestone, so she had to make a decision immediately.In order not to cause complications, she still decided to do it right here.It was not difficult for her to spot the carriage where Yue Tingmao was, because the weather was hot, and the curtain of the carriage he was riding in was rolled up, so he could see the people inside the carriage directly through the window.As for his appearance, Meng Kuang has a portrait provided by the Jinyiwei Information Network, which is exactly the same, and he will never admit his mistake.

She didn't think much about it, and as soon as she gritted her teeth, she took the knife and rushed out.

She didn't want to recall what happened after that, even after many years.She remembered that when she was rushing down the slope, she had already been spotted by servant thugs.Someone shouted and started shooting at her, and the whole team of horses and horses was in a mess, full of screams and angry shouts.She swung her knife to fend off the incoming arrows, and rushed straight to the carriage where Yue Tingmao was.Yue Tingmao was terrified and wanted to escape from the carriage, but the driver in front of the carriage abandoned the carriage and fled. The horse was frightened and lost control, and pulled the carriage into a slanting spur. Yue Tingmao, who climbed to the side of the carriage, fell down and fell Seven meat and eight vegetarian.Meng Kuang felt a sense of ferocity in his chest, and he stepped forward to catch him and kill him.But she was blocked by two servants desperately, she slashed with the saber, and the attack was a killer move, and the two servants died immediately under her sword.The situation at that time was fleeting, and Meng Kuang had no time to judge whether his attack was serious or not, or whether he should kill these people.After cutting down two servants, she grabbed Yue Tingmao and pierced his heart and lung with a knife, killing him immediately.Several servants from behind rushed up desperately. In order to defend himself, Meng Kuang pulled out the knife from between Yue Tingmao's chest and lungs. The blood flowed wildly and sprayed her head and face. With a lot of knives and knives, the servants who rushed up cut off their hands and cut their necks, and the blood spattered three feet.

The servants and thugs on the outside were terrified, and all screamed and ran for their lives. People looked at her with terrified eyes, especially in the carriage of the family members behind, women and children huddled together, trembling, not daring to look at the scene of hell outside .Meng Kuang's eyes were red, until no one came to attack her again, she stood in the sea of ​​corpses and blood composed of more than ten people, panting and dazed.A quarter of an hour ago, she didn't know what kind of touch it was like to cut a person with a scissors knife. She had killed prey with a scissors knife before, and she thought it was the same as cutting on the flesh, and there was no difference.

Now, a quarter of an hour later, she found that there was a difference. She couldn't tell what it felt like, but she seemed to feel that her soul had never been clean again.Her hands were trembling involuntarily, the scabbard seemed to be extremely heavy, and the smell of blood in the air was so strong that it would suffocate her, the mutilated corpses and the blood all over the ground in front of her eyes were extremely glaring.The words her father once told her suddenly rang in her ears, "Qing'er, the sword technique is extremely fierce. It is a killer move, and it is fatal. You must use it with caution in the future, and do not use it unless it is absolutely necessary..." She is now Only then did I understand what my father's words meant.

She didn't want to look at those dead bodies anymore, and glanced at the women and children of the Yue family in the carriage.There was a child nestled in his mother's arms looking at her with wide-open eyes, an indescribable sense of grayness in the terrified eyes. She saw that the child peed his pants, and the compartment boards were all wet. .

Her scalp was numb, and the blood in her body seemed to stop flowing. She was so dazed for a moment that she didn't know what she was doing.After a long while, she froze and took out a throwing knife from her pocket, and cut off the hook of the curtain of the carriage with one knife, and the curtain hung down to block the child's view.

Meng Kuang then lowered his body and swung his knife to cut off the target's head.

When she was walking back with her head covered in blood, she met a passing monk from the nearby Xiyin Temple. The monk stopped far away and looked at her motionlessly, with an indistinct expression on his face.She ignored the monk, but as she was leaving, she heard the monk shouting to her:

"Asura! You have killed too much, you will go to Avici Hell, and you will not be reincarnated!"