At two o'clock in the afternoon, the forward guard of the government army and the four guards of Tengxiang each mobilized 300 people to gather at the base of the city wall outside Andingmen, attracting some curious people to watch from a distance.
The men and horses selected this time are all elite soldiers and generals in the guard station. It is a bit exaggerated to say that they are selected only one from a thousand, but Chang Yu is very satisfied with the burly and strong men who are all there. In such things as fighting and killing, the bigger ones will definitely have an advantage.
Chang Yu watched from a distance in the carriage without showing up. As the temporary commander, Tang Potian once again gave an impassioned mobilization speech. After a cup of tea, the training began. This was a must before departure, mainly just in case of an encounter.
How to respond effectively when an attack occurs, such as what kind of formation to adopt, such as respective defense ranges, etc.
To be honest, he is not good at this kind of marching and fighting. Although he has joined the army, he mainly played in the army's Sanda team. Secondly, the formation of modern marching and fighting is still very different from that of later generations.
Just because he doesn't understand doesn't mean that no one understands. The Four Tengxiang Guards are the emperor's personal guards and the only ones who have gone out to fight. They followed Huang Degong to suppress the intruders. They have experience in this area, such as Cheng Ming,
Han Zhong and other Qianhu people also participated at that time, so this formation exercise was left to them.
But Chang Yu only watched for half a cup of tea before driving the carriage in a hurry and leaving.
At Guangqumen Huangzhai, Chunxiang and Jiang Quan had been waiting for a long time. Together with them, Luo Tang and other servants who were on duty at Panjiayao had all been transferred back and replaced by twenty other people.
The reason for such twists and turns was, of course, to hide the treasure buried in the Panjiayao. The more than two hundred eunuchs who dug the hole never appeared in the house again after digging the hole. The ones who transported the treasure were Chunxiang, Jiang Quan and other confidant eunuchs.
Chang Yu could trust these people, but Luo Tang and other servants in charge of transportation and landfilling were still short-lived after all. According to previous ideas, these people should be killed secretly!
But Chang Yu thought about it many times, but finally couldn't make the move.
But he was leaving the capital, and he was worried about leaving these men here.
Therefore, he decided to take him out of Beijing and follow Oshiyin to the west.
After several rounds, the only people who knew for sure about the treasure buried in Panjiayao were a few close eunuchs around him. It seemed that the hidden dangers were not big, so he could leave the capital with peace of mind.
Some people are angry. The desolate and dilapidated house was originally like a haunted house. Ever since Su Chenghuang and his family moved in and renovated the door, the dilapidated courtyard suddenly looked like that.
The only difference is that other large families have masters and servants, who are busy all day long, while the Huang Mansion only has servants but no master. The servants also do some repair work in the courtyard in addition to exercises every day, and their lives are ordinary and leisurely.
And fulfilling.
Su Chenghuang could already barely get off the ground with a cane, so the broken bone injury would not recover so quickly, even if Chang Yu asked Linglong to send the royal medicine from the palace.
The reason why I have to get out of bed to show my strength is because I feel that I am a housekeeper after all. It doesn't matter if I lie in bed all day long, and I have to show my face occasionally.
However, there were not many opportunities for him to show his face. Due to family rules, no servants were allowed to enter the backyard, and it was difficult for him to continue walking to the front yard at this time. At most, he could only bask in the sun in front of the backyard house.
The happiest person about Chang Yu's arrival was Little Apple. After hearing the noise, he stood quietly behind the second entrance door, secretly knocking on Chang Yu and lecturing the servants. When Chang Yu came over, although he was shy,
But he couldn't hide his happiness and greeted him: "Brother Chang, you are here, have you eaten yet?"
Chang Yu found the typical Chinese greeting cute and pointed at the sky: "How long has it been? How come you haven't eaten?"
Oh, Little Apple lowered his head and whispered back: "Then will you stay here for dinner tonight?"
Upon hearing this, Chang Yu turned his head and glanced at Chunxiang at the entrance to the second courtyard of the back house, and then said softly: "There are still some things, I'm afraid it won't work today."
Little Apple seemed a little disappointed, and kept grabbing at the corners of his clothes. He didn't know what to say for a while.
Looking at her red little hands, Chang Yu raised his eyebrows: "Where are the warm gloves for you?"
"It's in the room. I just finished washing it and didn't have time to put it on," Little Apple said quickly.
Chang Yu let out a long sigh, stretched out his hand to hold the two red and cold little hands, and said with a loving look on his face: "Wash them with hot water from now on."
Little Apple was extremely shy and whispered: "What a waste of firewood..."
"I'm going out to Beijing tomorrow, which may take as little as ten days or as long as half a month. I need Uncle Su to take care of me at home."
Although the room is shabby, it is very clean. The most important thing is that the Ondol is heated and the steam is very comfortable.
Su Chenghuang was a little frightened, but more of a shame. He didn't need to express his gratitude to Chang Yu. He always felt that he was receiving salary for nothing, and felt guilty. He said he was a servant but couldn't do anything, and he said he was a housekeeper but actually didn't care about anything.
Living in this house feels like a master, otherwise there would be no housekeeper living in the backyard. This is a place for the owner of the house to live, not to mention that he has never seen the owner of the house.
After saying some words of gratitude, Chang Yu just responded with a smile and told him not to think too much and just rest in peace and recuperate.
After chatting for a while, Chang Yu felt that the house was a little too empty. It was really bare except for a bed, and there wasn't even a decent chair.
She took Little Apple away, gave him some money, and told him that Linglong would come over tomorrow to accompany her and a few servants to buy some furniture, and then left Huang Mansion reluctant to leave Apple.
After leaving Huangzhai, Chang Yu jumped on the cart, followed by Chunxiang and Jiang Quan.
"Where?"
“Taipingzhuang”
Hey, Chang Yu secretly laughed in the car, he really knows how to pick places.
Taipingzhuang, a small village outside the city, later known as North Taipingzhuang, is located three miles north of the capital. In fact, Taipingzhuang was still in the city during the Yuan Dynasty. When Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty built the city, he moved the city wall three miles south, and Taipingzhuang was instantly separated from the city.
People inside have become outsiders.
The original name of the village is unknown. It is said that around the first year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian Wasi invaded Beijing. Yu Qian (not the one from Deyunshe) led troops to use civilian houses to fight the Wasi army in a bloody battle outside Deshengmen. The Wasi cavalry was not good at street fighting.
It was severely beaten by the Ming army. After the war, the people living in Deshengmen escaped and hid here and survived, so the village was named Taipingzhuang.
It is also said that in the Qing Dynasty, the barracks of Zhenghuang Banner of the Eight Banners were originally located near this place. Before liberation, it was called Taiping Camp, hence the name.
But regardless of how the place name was derived, although Taipingzhuang is a small village at the moment, it is actually next to a large cemetery with numerous tombs and a cloud of yin energy. Travelers dare not approach it at dusk. It is said that the construction of Beijing Normal University, which will be built here in later generations, has begun.
At that time, there were hundreds of flat tombs with tombstones and nearly a thousand unmarked tombs, which shows its scale.
The pair of iron lions that later generations were able to name the Iron Lion Grave were buried here at this time, unknown to the world.
Lions have been the tomb beasts of emperors and princes since the Eastern Han Dynasty, but most of them are stone lions, while iron lions are extremely rare. As for the owner of the tomb of the pair of iron lions, it has never been known.
During the eight-year steelmaking operation, it was put into the furnace and turned into molten steel.
It is impossible to know whether the pair of stone lions at the entrance of Beijing Normal University in later generations were to pay tribute or commemorate it, but Beijing Normal University has always been a famous crow habitat in the capital, which makes people think deeply!