After lighting a stick of incense, the military gate of the Beiying garrison slowly opened.
As soon as Hang Baiqiu heard the sound of the door opening, he rushed over and saw a carriage slowly driving out of the military gate. It was the same carriage that had sent them here before.
"Sir Hang!"
Then, Hang Baiqiu heard Chai Yan's voice, and when he looked up, it turned out that Chai Yan was waving to him from the car window.
Hang Baiqiu walked to the side and asked, "What happened inside just now? Why were there so many shouts and cheers?"
Chai Yan did not answer in a hurry, but smiled and waved: "Sir Hang, you get in the car first, let me explain to you slowly..."
As Hang Baiqiu walked behind the car, he looked inside the closing military gate and found that the soldiers inside were gathering together, and they were very noisy.
When he came to the back of the car, the carriage just stopped. Chai Yan also opened the curtain and stretched out his hand to Hang Baiqiu, preparing to pull her into the car.
For a moment, Hang Baiqiu was ready to reach out to pick it up, but as soon as his arm was raised an inch, Hang Baiqiu changed his mind again, and then jumped up easily and got into the carriage.
Chai Yan was slightly embarrassed, but the next moment he acted as if nothing was wrong and said to the driver: "You can go."
As soon as Hang Baiqiu sat down, the carriage and horse started again.
Hang Baiqiu looked at Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun, and saw that they were smiling and in a good mood, so he asked Chai Yan, "What did you do just now?"
Chai Yan said calmly: "I didn't do anything. Someone challenged me, so I sent Cheng Jiu to fight with that person."
"A fight?" Hang Baiqiu looked at Cheng Jiu again and asked, "Did you win or lose?"
As soon as he asked the question, Hang Baiqiu knew that his question was unnecessary, because if they lost, Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun's expressions would definitely not be like this.
Guan Maochun replied happily: "Sir Hang, my fourth brother has won!"
Cheng Jiu didn't make a sound, but his expression was still very clear, and he was secretly proud.
Hang Baiqiu breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Who is the opponent?"
Guan Maochun was very excited and replied first: "Sir Hang, he is a pawn commander in their camp. His name is Chen Tianming. He is said to be the nephew of Colonel Chen Lanzhi of the Western Camp. Although he is tall and strong, he is not his fourth brother's brother."
opponent!"
Hang Baiqiu nodded slowly, then looked at Chai Yan and whispered: "They must have done this on purpose. We beat Zhong Shida if they were not convinced, so we found someone to take revenge!"
Chai Yan nodded with a smile and said: "It's a pity that their people are not strong enough and have no way to take revenge, hahaha..."
Chai Yan smiled, and Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun also laughed.
After laughing, Hang Baiqiu asked Chai Yan again: "Apart from fighting, what about other things?"
Chai Yan took out an envelope from his arms, handed it to Hang Baiqiu and said, "This is an autographed letter from Jiang Yongshuang. With it, it will be easier for us to travel together in the Lintai Mountain area."
Hang Baiqiu opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, read it quickly, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Great!"
Then, Hang Baiqiu collected the letter again and returned it to Chai Yan. At the same time, he asked: "Have you asked about the suppression of bandits tax?"
"No..." Chai Yan shook his head and stuffed the envelope into his arms, saying, "I originally wanted to ask, but unfortunately I missed the opportunity, so..."
Having said this, Chai Yan lightly shrugged his shoulders and curled his lips, looking a little regretful.
"Bang!" Hang Baiqiu rolled his eyes at Chai Yan when he said it, thinking you did it on purpose!
As soon as the car became quiet, Chai Yan suddenly heard Chai Yan slapping his thigh and shouting: "Oh!"
Hang Baiqiu couldn't help but feel nervous, and asked quickly: "What's wrong with you?"
Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun also looked serious.
Chai Yan opened his eyes wide and said, "Jiang Yongshuang just said that he would send some Jiuzi tea. How come he forgot about it when he came out?"
When the three of them heard this, they almost lost their seats and fell down.
"I'm sick, I was shocked!" Hang Baiqiu said angrily.
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In the military camp, inside the Chinese army tent...
Jiang Yongshuang sat on the commander's seat with an angry face. He stared at the dejected Chen Tianming below for a long time, without moving his gaze for a long time.
In addition to two close soldiers, Zhong Shida was also present in the main tent, but because of Chen Tianming's defeat, he did not dare to say a word.
For a long time, Jiang Yongshuang said with a look of hatred, "Chen Tianming, Chen Tianming, how could you...how could you lose to that person? Our Beiying's face has been completely lost to you today!"
You are so...I am so...ugh!"
When it came to the end, Jiang Yongshuang could only shake his head feebly and sigh.
"General Jiang, it's me who deserves to die! It's me who failed everyone! I shouldn't have underestimated the enemy, I... I accept the beating, I accept the punishment!" Chen Tianming clasped his fists hard and raised them above his forehead.
At this time, Chen Tianming still felt uncomfortable between his legs. If Jiang Yongshuang hadn't stopped the competition in time, he might not be able to stand up now!
After Jiang Yongshuang exhaled a few mouthfuls of turbid air, he said in frustration: "It's already like this, what's the point of beating you and punishing you? That's it, that's it..."
After saying that, Jiang Yongshuang cast his eyes on Zhong Shida and said angrily: "After all, you have to be blamed for this!"
Zhong Shida immediately lowered his head and admitted his mistake: "The general will finally realize his mistake, please punish him!"
Jiang Yongshuang glared and said, "What are you talking about these nonsense for? You know I won't punish you, but you are still acting like a good boy here?"
Zhong Shida did not dare to answer, but still lowered his head.
After a moment of silence in the tent, Jiang Yongshuang suddenly asked: "What happened to the tax money that Meng Ruhu was responsible for collecting?"
Zhong Shida raised his head slightly and replied: "Back to the general, Meng Ruhu said that the last tax payment has almost been collected and will be delivered to the account soon!"
"Well..." Jiang Yongshuang nodded and said shamelessly: "This Meng Ruhu doesn't know how to discipline his son. If he hadn't seen that he was still useful, I would have whipped his son to death!
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Then, Zhong Shida said: "General, Chai Yan asked you for a general letter. Do you think that he went to see Liu Hongxuan just for a pretext, but was actually ordered to check on the progress of our suppression of the bandits?"
Jiang Yongshuang frowned and nodded slowly, and said seriously: "Listening to what you said, it's not impossible... What do you think?"
Zhong Shida immediately said: "General, I'm thinking...should we temporarily suspend the collection of the two installments of the bandit suppression tax to avoid the limelight, and wait until Chai Yan and the others leave Lintai Mountain, then we can continue to collect it! In this case
, firstly, the local people’s grievances will be calmed down a little, and secondly, it will prevent Chai Yan and others from stirring up trouble after they return!"
When Jiang Yongshuang heard that he would not collect the bandit suppression tax, he immediately became unhappy: "Zhong Xiaowei, are you kidding me? Don't you know how much money we will lose if we don't collect one installment?"
How could Zhongshida not understand this, but he still persuaded him earnestly: "General, I also know that the loss will be huge, but who let the people from the Wude Division come here? Although the collection of bandit suppression taxes as military expenses is the tacit approval of the capital.
Yes, but this matter cannot be brought to the table. After all, it is just a private acquiescence, and we do not have a formal letter from the court!"
"Pah!" Jiang Yongshuang slapped the handle of the chair and said with a hateful expression: "These guys are really in the way!"
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