see the gentleman

Less than a month after Bai Chen set out from the middle of the capital, there was a great victory report: Jiangcheng was recovered, and Shen Bi was executed.

Ji Yun didn't know until he saw the battle report that Bai Chen sneaked into the city alone to recruit soldiers, and at the same time instigated the enemy's generals to attack Shen Bi's mansion in one fell swoop, beheading Shen Bi.

For a moment, I didn’t know whether to praise him for his intelligence, bravery and strategy, or to call him impulsive, reckless and reckless—but if he made a mistake when entering the city, or was exposed and reported by those guerrillas who seemed to be unreliable, he would be sent to Shenzhou first. What if Bute's people found out?Even if he is against ten by himself, how can he be against a hundred or a thousand?

You can't think deeply, otherwise cold sweat and anger will surge up together, and he may have to let go of his anger first.

Fortunately, even though Bai Chen acted recklessly, he was unscathed and led the army to recapture a city. Compared with the bravery of breaking into the enemy's camp alone and shooting the head of the enemy, it also showed the wisdom and courage of a general.

He was well-known in the government and the public for a while, but before he arrived in Beijing, he had received the emperor's decree sent on a fast horse, and moved Baichen, the riding man, to be the fourth-rank Zhenwei Zhonglang general.

As a result, Bai Chen had only just entered the capital, and before he could enter the palace and be reassigned to take up his post, another riot broke out in the capital.It was originally because of the political reform that the city has been unstable recently, and some people who fished in troubled waters also took advantage of the opportunity and specialized in stealing and robbers. Because it was a small matter and there were too many people, the patrol battalion didn't bother to take care of it.Unexpectedly, it made them develop and grow stronger, and they even came up with a bunch of names full of righteousness, such as "Xingyihui" and "Haoran Gang".

Although the names are hard to describe, they have their own spiritual guidance after all, and once there is a centripetal force that gathers one place, it will naturally precipitate a rank-and-file organizational structure internally.

Small fights have developed a scale, become organized and professional, and the lethality has not only increased exponentially, but it has quickly become a major hidden danger to urban security.

Bai Chen's return to Beijing happened just in time for a group riot carefully planned by this group of people - the capture of Xiajiu Street.

Xiajiu Street was not originally called Xiajiu Street, and it was not even a real street at first.But as the boundary between the inner city and the inner city of the capital began to be clearly defined, there were nine streets in the inner city at that time, which were jokingly called Shangjiu Street.Since there is Shangjiu Street, there should also be Xiajiu Street, and those remote and poor people who live in the outer city laugh at themselves as Xiajiujie people, and Jinxiu Street, which lives at the outermost edge of the outer city, has the most people.Although the name of Jinxiu Street is magnificent, the people who live here are all poor and poor. People who gather from all over the world, all kinds of activities are out of sight, and no one cares about them. It is a dark corner that exists in every city.

Compared with Jinxiu, Xiajiuliudao is indeed more suitable for them, so it has gradually been handed down. Originally, it was only a collective name for Xiajiu Street, but it has become an alias for Jinxiu Street.

Most of the leaders of this riot came from Jinxiu Street.They grabbed the sore spots of the common people who lived here for generations like stinky rats in the gutter, and threatened to have a vegetarian meal with the corpses.

Ji Yun naturally sneered at this, this group of people was purely fed up, and they came here to make him unhappy, and they didn't take them seriously.However, after several rounds of suppression, there was not much effect. On the contrary, one wave was not calm, and another wave broke out, and the riots became more and more frequent.

Bai Chen returned to Beijing just in time for another large-scale riot.

Bai Chen's trip to Jiangcheng to suppress the rebellion, when he went, he only brought a few hundred guards with him, but when he came back, he was followed by 3000 people, all of whom were militia soldiers who voluntarily followed him because of his kindness.

Bai Chen has always been very good at subduing people's hearts. With his appearance and talent, even if he stands there as cold as frost and snow, some people will go forward and follow him to be heartbroken, not to mention appearing as a divine soldier to solve their problems.

The 3000 people brought by Bai Chen were supposed to wait ten miles away from the city gate, and they were not allowed to enter without authorization.However, the situation in the city was urgent. While continuing to send troops to suppress it, Ji Yun directly issued an order to order Bai Chen to bring his 3000 people to the reinforcements, so that the criminals on Jinxiu Street would be wiped out.

When Bai Chen arrived, the two parties were confronting each other.

Sandbags half a person's height were piled up under the archway on Jinxiu Street. The combatants in the front row of the opponent held shields, the squadron carried firecrackers and arrow clusters in a row, and the infantry lined up behind them. There were actually two homemade statues sitting beside them Rough cannon barrels—I don’t know where the other party bought them to make room for them. It looks like that. It looks like a small army. No wonder the court has failed several times to encircle and suppress it.

When the two sides are fighting, it is inevitable to shout and demonstrate to each other.In this regard, the imperial court prides itself on being a mighty teacher, so it is inevitable that they have to take into account their status and face, and cannot let go of scolding.But on the other side, there are so many taboos missing, and they are all used to wandering in the market, so the words used are unavoidably vulgar, which made Xun Yu so angry that his hair blew up.

Xun Yu was not good at suppressing people several times, and he couldn't get over his self-esteem and face. He was already angry, and being provoked by pointing his nose like this made his forehead buzz even more.Unexpectedly, he commanded his subordinates to smear fire nitrate oil on the arrow clusters, preparing to set fire to half the sky in the opponent's camp.

When he was about to give an order, he had already lifted it into the air, but the hand that was about to fall was forcibly stopped.

Xun Yu turned his head angrily, seeing that it was Bai Chen who was holding his wrist with one hand, and he couldn't break free even if he tried to struggle, he immediately got angry from it: "Where did you come from! How dare you be so disrespectful to me!"

Because of the sudden incident, Ji Yun urgently ordered Bai Chen to reinforce the troops, but Xun Yu hadn't heard the news yet, so he was not prepared for Bai Chen's appearance at the moment.Moreover, Bai Chen has become so popular recently that the government and the public are about to pass on this person as a god. Xun Yu, who was considered a dragon and phoenix since childhood, can't bear it. It's even more furious that he offends himself like this.

Like Fan Ye, Xun Yu is the son of a general, and because of his intermarriage with the royal family, he has a bit of aristocratic air, so he feels that he is a little different from those completely rude warriors.The children brought up in this way will inevitably think highly of themselves and have no one in their eyes.It's just that I haven't seen much of the world, and a defeat is regarded as a shame in this life that cannot be wiped away, and a hurdle in life that cannot be overcome.

Bai Chenlan was as knowledgeable as a young man's heart, his face didn't change, he only lowered his voice slightly: "Your Excellency, think it over clearly, this is in the city, and all the people living in Jinxiu Street are my people. Are you going to burn this place to ashes?"

Xun Yu was in a fit of anger, and he couldn't bear the reprimand from the other party, as if he regarded himself as a child, an ignorant junior.But the person in front of him is obviously much younger than him, so how dare he pretend to be a senior.

At first, I felt that something was wrong, but now I was squeezed into a corner by jealousy and anger. Immediately, Xun Yu frowned, but he said in his mind: "These untouchables don't care about production and don't think about making progress. Instead, they spend all day thinking about what to do. It’s better to burn it to death if it causes harm everywhere—ah!”

The voice of the last word "Jing" hadn't finished completely yet, Xun Yu felt a pain in his wrist, couldn't bear it and cried out in pain, but it was Bai Chen who pinched the bone between his wrists with two fingers and rubbed it hard, almost rubbing his wrist bone Had to move.

"Is this how the Xun family taught you?"

Bai Chen said coldly.

"You might as well burn yourself down and rebuild it again."

Xun Yu's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that besides the stinky hooligans on the opposite side, he was being bullied by his own teammates.

He was so shocked and angry for a moment that he was speechless.

Bai Chen ignored his livid face, looked towards the other side, and frowned slightly. This group of people seemed to be taking advantage of the chaos, but their actions were very organized, not like ordinary mob riots, otherwise the court would not have I failed to clean up this group of people several times.

He asked, "What happened to those two cannon barrels?"

His first instinct was that these people set up a small workshop in private to make it themselves, because he had just seen the cannon, and he could tell at a glance that the cannon was inconsistent with the specifications in the arsenal, and the diameter of the two cannons was very different, and the workmanship was very good. Rough, it makes people doubt whether the shells can be fired out after being filled.But the artillery was built under the feet of the emperor, and the patrol battalion had to be so blind to not notice it.The patrol battalion is directly related to Gu Huan, and is in charge of the defense battalion in the capital city.Then the biggest possibility is that the artillery was transported into the capital secretly by these people from nowhere.

Moreover, at this time, taking advantage of Ji Yun's big move to carry out reforms, when the conflicts between the monarch and his ministers, between the imperial power and the nobles are sharply intensified, suddenly this group of rioters with guns and cannons jumped out to disrupt the situation, and Bai Chen was in the center of the whirlpool It has been a long time, and sometimes there will be an inexplicable intuition.

The water was unnaturally muddy, as if someone had deliberately stirred it.

Xun Yu was furious, and when he heard the words, he snapped back angrily: "Are you blind? These people usually play tricks and make trouble. His Majesty is merciful, thinking that beating them up will make them honest." Unexpectedly, they are so powerful that they even brought in cannons. His Majesty has issued an order that this gang of bandit leaders cannot be left behind, and they must be wiped out."

Bai Chen's eyebrows twitched, and he finally realized that something was wrong.

Just like the vanguard or advance team sent for the march, the gangsters in Jinxiu Street were completely used as gunmen to scout the way first.

Those two cannons are huge targets to attract firepower, whether they are useful or not is another matter, but it is real to seduce the court to fire at them.No matter how fierce the battle between the two sides is, or the more both sides suffer, the mastermind behind these people will be happier.

Inexplicably, Bai Chen felt that this method was very familiar.

In the blink of an eye, Bai Chen suddenly remembered that two years ago, the new emperor of Liang, Duan Pihuan, came to the throne, and once he changed the fault of the previous emperor of the Liang Dynasty, he carried out drastic reforms.Duan Pi Huanzheng promulgated a new military decree a few years ago, and it was clearly listed as the first article of the decree, and his ambition is known everywhere.

It happened that someone was giving me a pillow when I was drowsy, so Ji Yun chose to reform at this time.

The domestic situation is turbulent, and various forces are entangled in it. The water in the pool is first muddied. At this time, another hand comes in, and no one notices.

Some people can see the foreshadowing from the gray line of the grass snake, but with just a few moments of thought, Bai Chen has already roughly figured out the ins and outs of the future, and the archers of both sides have already taken their positions, waiting for the order from their respective leaders.

Bai Chen frowned, and suddenly said: "Who is the leader of the opponent?"

Xun Yu was interrupted by Bai Chen one after another, and was almost annoyed to death by this person.If it weren't for the fact that there were 3000 people following him behind him, the deputy general would have taken them away long ago.

He said impatiently: "To cause chaos is to cause chaos, what good is it for anyone to care about his name?"

Bai Chenquan couldn't hear it: "Is one of them named Jiang Chong?"

These rebel leaders have long been on the wanted list. It's not surprising that Bai Chen knew about it. Xun Yu didn't think too much after hearing it, and just sneered: "So what? Is it possible that this person is an old acquaintance of yours?"

When a blind cat meets a dead mouse, Xun Yu actually makes a guess.

Jiang Chong was originally from Tao County near Gyeonggi Province. He was brave and aggressive, and loved to see injustice. He was known as a hero.However, in a heroic act of justice, Jiang Chong killed someone by mistake. To avoid being imprisoned, he fled to Jinxiu Street and lived an incognito life.Later, by coincidence, Jiang Chong was recruited by Bai Chen, and the dangerous elements in society grew up smoothly.

If you calculate carefully, it should be around this time that Bai Chen met Jiang Chong for the first time in his previous life.When people do not find a real job to do, under the boredom and emptiness, it is very easy to wander on the edge of violating discipline. Jiang Chong should be one of the typical examples: in the name of being a hero, squandering energy that has nowhere to be used, I don't know how much personal anger was vented.

At that time, Bai Chen was still locked in the palace, but he was not compared to the concubine in the inner palace. Ji Yun didn't restrict him from walking very much, and even granted him permission to enter and leave the palace freely.It's just that he has become the laughing stock of the world, and Bai Chen doesn't think that this little freedom is a favor for him.He is not a character who can be controlled by others, let alone be forced to obey him by pressing his head.The humiliation and resentment stuck in his heart, after a long time, it was enough to blind his eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and heart, and suppressed the hazy feelings that were already unclear, so that there was nowhere to settle, and instead gave birth to another vague thought.

That kind of thought is still very unclear, but it has supported him to live the day with a cold face and gritted teeth.And after meeting the right person, the vague idea gradually took shape in his mind: Why should I be controlled by you?

And when this sentence is smacked in reverse, it takes on a new meaning.He didn't want to be controlled by Ji Yun, but he couldn't help thinking that if one day, Ji Yun would be controlled by his subordinates like himself now?

What even appeared in his mind was the image of that person being imprisoned by him, who could only face himself all day long.And if the picture were to be more specific and in-depth, it would uncontrollably remind him of the various states of that person in bed.

At that moment, it was as if sparks were blowing all the way from the fingertips to the heart, and he inexplicably felt a thrill of joy from the soul.

People's hearts are unpredictable, one thought becomes a Buddha and one thought becomes a demon.

He had a heart demon early on, and not only failed to eradicate it, but allowed it to grow wantonly in his heart, wrapping him in it like a chrysalis. It was just something that broke out of the cocoon, and finally he couldn't control it himself.

On the opposite side is Jiang Chong, the Jiang Chong who once followed him to fight against the back beam, and also followed him to break into the palace and force the palace to usurp the throne.

Whether it is to keep the other party as his once loyal and capable subordinate, or to prevent the people behind the scenes from taking advantage of it, he should avoid this meaningless battle.It just so happens that he also knows how to persuade the opponent to surrender.

But precisely because Jiang Chong was facing him, he hardly dared to take any action.Even if he didn't dare to let that person know about his acquaintance with Fu Zhiya, how could he dare to reveal the slightest trace of his understanding of Jiang Chong?

However, Xun Yu obviously couldn't understand the entanglement in his heart, and gave him instructions very naturally: "After the order is passed down, you and your people will be the rear wings, ready to reinforce and give us the rear at any time."

With this arrangement, Xun Yu felt that he was very tolerant and general, so he didn't take the opportunity to avenge his personal revenge publicly and let Bai Chen's people act as the vanguard to deliver the head.

However, Bai Chen's expression was dignified, as if he had finally made up his mind after making a very difficult decision, he raised his hand again to stop Xun Yu who was about to wave his hand to order: "Wait a minute."

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Being interrupted one after another, Xun Yu was really going to be furious.

He opened his mouth to curse, but he heard Bai Chen say, "Don't give orders for now, let me bring ten people there and talk to them first. After half an hour, if I can't persuade them to surrender, Master Xun will send troops later."

Xun Yu kept his mouth open, and it took a while to close it. He frowned and said, "What are you talking about, are you out of your mind?"

When the battle was about to start, he suddenly said that he wanted to single-handedly persuade the other party to surrender. Wasn't he guilty of insanity?

Bai Chen also felt that he might have lost his mind and gone crazy.

He knew that he was about to walk into a dark alley that seemed familiar to him. He had walked that road before, and he knew what was at the end of the road. There was nothing he wanted there, but it made him feel regretful and regretful for many years.

But he had no choice, he had to go in.It is impossible for him to allow the old troops to be wiped out, nor is it possible for him to fight between snipe and clam knowing that the fisherman is behind.

Bai Chen brought only a few personal guards, and walked through the sandbag archway between the two sides, and entered the other side's territory.

Jiang Chong raised his eyebrows at the corners of his eyes, arrogantly and disdainfully raised his chin, and stared at the fair-faced and handsome young man in front of him, who seemed to have no combat power.

"Just you, still want to subdue Lao Tzu?"

That look, that sentence, and even the punctuation marks are the same as in the previous life.

It was as if a huge boulder had fallen from Bai Chen's heart, and it kept sinking, so heavy that he could hardly breathe.

Bai Chen finally had to feel that something was secretly pushing him, pressing him to the path he had walked in the previous life, making him continue to walk bit by bit according to the track of the previous life.