The sixth day of April in the eighth year of Chongzhen
A small green sedan was carried into the city gate of Qingzhou Mansion. Surrounding the small sedan were a dozen soldiers wearing red mandarin duck war jackets of the Ming Army. They had waist knives on their waists and swords in their hands.
Holding spears and wearing felt hats on their heads, several soldiers also carried crossbows on their backs. They were Pang Gang who was ordered to send the concubine of the same year of Wei, the prefect of Qingzhou, back to Qingzhou, and they came to announce the good news.
Everyone.
This time, the Lingshan Guard's garrison was almost completely wiped out. Even Qianhu and Deputy Qianhu were killed in the battle. It was really a shame for all Lingshan Guard officers. Therefore, the remaining commanders of Lingshan Guard rushed to escort this
The concubine of the Qingzhou magistrate returned to Qingzhou to announce the good news and almost broke her head.
None of them are stupid, and each of them has their own little calculation in mind. Although all the Qianhu and deputy Qianhu of Lingshan Guard are killed in the battle, as subordinates, although they cannot escape the blame, it also means that they have to be free.
The two positions of He Qianhu were also vacant. Although the positions above Deputy Qianhu in the Ming Dynasty Guards were generally hereditary, it happened that the children of He Qianhu, who died in the battle, were all born without a deputy, and that
Zhao Daxian, Deputy Qianhu, had no heirs when he died, so the question arises, who will take over the vacant seat? Obviously, it is naturally decided by the commander of Qingzhou. Although Qianhu and above
The appointment of the military attache is assigned by the Ministry of War, but the recommendation of the Qingzhou prefect and the capital commander, who are the direct superiors of the Lingshan Guards, is also very important. Therefore, in order to compete for who will send the concubine of the Qingzhou prefect back to claim credit, the errand of
It became a big hit, and hundreds of households fought over it.
Since there was no Shangguan in charge, no one was convinced, so they almost took action. In the end, everyone had no choice but to ask the person involved, the young lady who was rescued, to make her own choice. Unexpectedly, the final result surprised everyone.
, this delicate little lady actually chose Pang Gang, who rescued him from the tiger's mouth, as her accompanying bodyguard.
This result made all the officers in the guardhouse dumbfounded. Although the result was unexpected, after thinking about it for a while, the officers found that it was not unacceptable. Although this boy who had just joined the military had made great contributions, he had just arrived.
Naturally, there was no threat to their fight for the position of Qianhu, so the officers pinched their noses and accepted the result, and sent this lucky boy to send people to Qingzhou.
Pang Gang, who was hit by this unexpected pie, specially borrowed a brand-new mandarin duck jacket from Bin Shiqian, and applied for waist badges and other items, and also asked him for Da Zhuang, Gou Sheng, etc.
More than a dozen soldiers from the garrison served as escorts. Since he owed Pang Gang an adult request, Bin Shiqian did not embarrass Pang Gang and readily agreed.
After entering the majestic city walls of Qingzhou City, Gou Sheng and others were shocked by the prosperity of Qingzhou Prefecture. As one of the nine ancient Chinese states and an important metropolitan city in Shandong Province, Qingzhou has profound historical and cultural resources, provincial and county government offices, and prefectural and county Confucian temples.
, Examination Yuan, inner and outer Chenghuang Temple, Wu Temple and other government agencies are all located here, with a population of more than 500,000.
Seeing the people coming and going on the bluestone paved street and the merchants who kept passing by, Da Zhuang, a country bumpkin who had never entered the city, felt that his eyes were full. Even Pang Gang couldn't help but sigh with emotion at the achievements of the ancients four hundred years ago.
, Pang Gang in later generations also came to Qingzhou, but in later generations, the ancient city of Qingzhou has experienced many wars, and the original buildings can no longer be seen. Now when he first sees this ancient city, Pang Gang can't help but feel a sense of wonder.
The feeling in a dream.
"Pang Zhuangshi, Pang Zhuangshi..." A soft voice came from the sedan next to him.
Pang Gang quickly put his head over and asked, "What are your orders, madam?"
The concubine of the prefect was very kind to Pang Gang, his savior: "Please tell the strong man to tell the bearer to cross the street and turn right. When you get to the prefect's Yamen, enter the back door and hand the badge to the concierge. They
Naturally, I will let you in." After saying that, a thin white hand stretched out from the sedan, holding a waist plate carved from blue jade in the palm of the hand.
Pang Gang quickly took it, feeling the remaining warmth on the jade plaque, and thought to himself, "Damn, this little hand looks real and good. It's a pity that this good cabbage was taken over by the pig Wang Mazi. We
The hat on the head of the prefect is probably a little green."
With evil intentions, our Comrade Pang Gang followed the instructions and quickly arrived at the gate of the Qingzhou Magistrate's Office. When Pang Gang put his waist badge to the two stern-faced yamen guards guarding the gate and explained his purpose, the gatekeeper yamen
His face obviously changed, and one of them immediately ran inside. After a while, a large number of servants and maids came out and ushered the sedan in. Pang Gang and others were also taken to a side hall to serve tea.
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After arriving and sitting down in the side hall, several maids soon came forward to serve tea. Everyone originally thought that they would be treated to a delicious meal, but Pang Gang and others waited for more than an hour and no one came up.
It was soon past noon, and everyone was already hungry, but no one came to greet them.
Li Yuan, who had a bad temper, couldn't help but cursed in the side hall, "These officials are ungrateful. We worked hard to bring people here for them, but he couldn't even give us a meal. If I had known he was
In this case, I might as well..."
"Shut up!" Pang Gang glared at the reckless young man and said, "Don't be presumptuous. Don't forget our identities."
It would be false to say that Pang Gang was not angry after being treated like this, but he knew that his current status was just a soldier, and he was not qualified to lose his temper with others. Besides, if others heard what he just said, it would only be for himself.
It would bring unpredictable consequences, so Pang Gang severely shouted at Li Yuan. Li Yuan had developed a fear of Pang Gang after being beaten by him, and he did not dare to go against Pang Gang's words along the way.
, at this time, Pang Gang drank like this, so he had to do it honestly and drink his tea obediently.
After a while, there was finally a noise from outside, and then a group of people walked in. The leader was a middle-aged man in his forties who was wearing a red official uniform with clouds and geese embroidered on his chest and a long beard.
, walking beside him was a military general, wearing a vermilion official uniform with the flying leopard embroidery of a third-grade military attaché, wearing a beautiful unicorn bronze medal around his waist, with calm and gentle eyes. Behind them
There are four guards.
Pang Gang knew that the person wearing such clothes in Qingzhou must be the prefect of Qingzhou, Wei Tongnian, and his immediate superior, Song Xinghe, the commander of Qingzhou Prefecture.
Pang Gang did not dare to neglect, and quickly stood up and went forward to kowtow to all the adults according to the sergeant's salute. Da Zhuang and others were also very excited, and followed Pang Gang to pay homage.
Song Xinghe said softly: "You all get up!"
After saying that, he raised his hand, and Pang Gang and others naturally took advantage of the situation and stood up.
After Pang Gang and others got up, Song Xinghe took a careful look at Pang Gang. He saw that although his complexion was fair, his expression was bold and he was tall and tall. He couldn't help but said happily: "As expected, he can defeat thieves.
Warriors are indeed heroes."
Song Xinghe was a military commander and his behavior was elegant. But after being in a high position for a long time, his voice naturally had a sense of majesty, and at the same time it was also accompanied by an awe-inspiring and majestic momentum. It made Li Yuan and others so shocked that they could not say anything.
Words come.
Pang Gang felt a familiar smell, a bit like the feeling when he saw the leader in later generations. He secretly bit his tongue, tried to calm himself down, and secretly cheered himself up, "What are you afraid of, these people
It’s just that I have been an official for a few years, and my brothers will not be worse than them in the future.”
After calming down for a while, Pang Gang clasped his fists and said loudly: "Your Excellency, you are exaggerating. This is a time when the country is in trouble. As officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, Pang Gang and others can only die to repay the country's kindness. Even if they die on the battlefield,
It’s just a corpse wrapped in horse leather!”
"Huh......"
As soon as Pang Gang finished speaking, someone on the other side could not help but exclaimed softly...