The third-class Cheng'en waited for Zhaoxiang, was made by the horse bandits, froze and frightened, became ill, and raised in Rehe for more than ten days before he got better, and finally could leave for Beijing.

Because of the experience of the previous time, in order to show prudence, his escort was no longer filled by the Yamen sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but was accompanied by troops sent by the Yamen, the commander of the infantry army. This beauty difference naturally fell on the head of Guan Zhuofan's infantry Yamen horse team, and Guan Zhuofan naturally gave this beauty difference to the Xiying horse team.

It is said that it is a beautiful difference, because although the horse bandits have not yet been exterminated, they have fled to the east under the pursuit of Liu Shifang, the general of the governor of Zhili, and there is no atmosphere of thieves along the road, and the possibility of war is extremely small. And the soldiers who served as guards, after arriving in Beijing, had a comfortable day as usual, which was equivalent to a small vacation, which was a great temptation for the Beijing camp, which had been away from home for more than two months.

As for Guan Zhuofan, he also has his own plans, so of course this opportunity cannot be missed.

"According to the Hou Ye's guards, there can be no more accidents," he said respectfully to the chief soldier Yu Chang, "I plan to escort the team in person." ”

"It's okay," Yu Chang is the chief soldier of the infantry army who commands the yamen, and the senior member of the second grade. Like Guan Zhuofan, he is also subordinate to the red flag, so he is particularly pretended to be a young leader who has recently become popular, "If you don't return to your hometown, you will be like a night trip in clothes, I will give you a few more days, and after you finish handing over the order to the military department, you will go home to see." ”

Guan Zhuofan was seen through by him, smiled embarrassedly, and thought, this Yuchang is also lenient to his subordinates.

The deadline for getting it is fifteen days. He selected sixteen men from Xiying, all of whom had contributed the most to the battle in the previous days, and took this return to Beijing as a reward for them. Together with Túrin and two personal soldiers, a team of twenty people was formed.

Before you go, there are two things to do. Cao Yuying needs to go there, and it is rare to go back to Beijing to see if Alhatu and Lao Cai have anything to take home.

came out of Cao Yuying's house, took a sedan chair back to the camp to get the horses, and went straight to the station of the third Zuo of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion. When he arrived at the gate of the camp, Guan Zhuofan remembered a new question, when he came here before, he went directly to the military tent in Alhatu to find him, but now that he has been promoted to the fifth rank of the leader, his identity is different, logically speaking, he should first visit their leader Lebao.

However, thinking of Le Bao's reputation, he hesitated a little, hesitated for a moment, and decided to meet him. Otherwise, it would be rude to go directly to someone else's subordinate without saying hello.

Unexpectedly, Le Bao only let his own soldiers say that "Le Zuoling is deducing military affairs, please wait for Guan Zuoling", and he was hung out of the military tent. After about twenty minutes, I saw him walk out with a smile, and said with a smile: "Guan Zuoling, I'm sorry, please come in." ”

Guan Zhuofan was already secretly unhappy - a five-grade leader who didn't understand bullshit, what kind of "military affairs" could he deduce? But thinking that he was probably calling a meeting, I endured it. Who knew that when I entered the account, there was no figure at all, and only a map of Rehe was randomly placed on the military case - Rehe's military affairs, and it was your turn to deduce it?

I almost couldn't bear it anymore and almost had a seizure. Isn't it too insulting to be in the same class and belong to the same official, and to be so blatantly rude to such an extent?

But thinking of Alhatu and Lao Cai, he had to suppress the fury in his heart. I'm not afraid of the county officials, I'm just afraid of the current management, after all, Alhatu and Lao Cai are still under Le Bao's hands, and they turned their faces with him today, but I'm afraid that they will have good fruits to eat tomorrow.

"Brother Le," Guan Zhuofan hugged his fists and said with the same attitude of smiling and not smiling, "You are the senior of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and the younger brother should have come to visit a long time ago." ”

Le Bao is really his predecessor - when Guan Zhuofan was still serving as the head of the Jiupin Foreign Committee in the Xiaocai Battalion, Le Bao was already the leader of the Wupin. It is precisely because of this that Le Bao has great disdain and jealousy for Guan Zhuofan's ascension. Since Guan Zhuofan is here today, he wants to take this opportunity to clearly vent this contempt, look at you, the famous "Chengnan Guan San", how dare you?

Facts have proved that Guan Zhuofan really "didn't dare to do anything", not only did he not dare, but he still had to bow his head and call himself a big brother and a senior. Le Bao thought proudly, that is, he had to let him know that he was powerful, so that he could know the majesty and dignity of his predecessors.

What he didn't know was that from this moment on, Guan Zhuofan's heart had been planted with a killing intention.

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When I met Alhatu and Lao Cai, I encountered a new embarrassment. The two of them, when they saw Guan Zhuofan's new bear supplement suit and shiny crystal top, arrived at the "Xiaoguan" in their mouths, they couldn't scream. And this one couldn't be screamed, and the rest of the words couldn't be continued, Lao Cai scratched his head and smiled a little embarrassed: "This ...... I don't know what to say. ”

Guan Zhuofan is an extremely alert person, and when he saw their looks, he immediately came to his senses and said very sincerely: "The two eldest brothers, the younger brother was lucky for a while, and he got such a reward, which is also a blessing for the two eldest brothers. From now on, what should we do, or what, don't pay attention to this official skin. ”

That being said, this "official skin" represents too many things, and the identity of an official is really soaked in the bone marrow, and it cannot be changed with a word. For Alhatu and Lao Cai, although they are not enough to shout "Guan Zuoling", the word "small" in "Xiaoguan" will not be called anymore no matter what.

But if you call him "Lao Guan", it's not like words. The three of them argued, and the result of the compromise was that he would be called "Zhuo Fan" in the future, and he would not dare to be called "big brother" anymore, so he must let Guan Zhuofan call them Lao A and Lao Cai.

Guan Zhuofan knows that this is really a sad but helpless thing, and the farther he goes in the system of power, the more such situations will be. It is said that the emperor is "alone", but he didn't expect that he would begin to appreciate such a taste at a young age. Fortunately, the title has been changed, the friendship is still there, and other things will be talked about later.

"Zhuo Fan, let's get down to business first," Alhatu said, took out a stack of silver tickets, and said embarrassedly: "This is the one thousand taels, it turned out to be divided after the things were done, but you see, we couldn't help......

Guan Zhuofan waved his hand to prevent him from speaking, and said in an unquestionable tone: "Big brother...... Lao Cai, Lao Cai, you must not say such things again. As soon as your men arrived that morning, the business was done! As for a bunch of real horse bandits running out, who would have thought of it? This money, you don't need to save money, just divide it according to the number of haode you originally discussed. ”

When Alhatu heard him say so resolutely, he stopped refusing to shirk, took the silver ticket, and talked about another matter.

"Zhuo Fan, you are now an official, and you have recently made great contributions, you must be able to speak to Shangguan," Alhatu glanced at Lao Cai and said in a low voice: "I discussed with Lao Cai, the two of us and a dozen of the most Haode brothers in peacetime, can you think of a way to transfer us to your infantry Yamen horse team?" Le Bao's bottom, I really can't stay any longer, let's do it with you. ”

"This ......" Guan Zhuofan didn't expect him to say such a thing, he was surprised and moved, and he didn't speak for a while.

"Zhuo Fan, we know that you have strict military orders and hard training there, and we are not afraid of these." Alhatu thought he was hesitating about this, and hurriedly said, "When we get to you, it's your subordinates, and if you make a mistake, you will still be beaten and punished, and we will never complain!" ”

"No!" Guan Zhuofan made up his mind. Seeing that Alhatu and Lao Cai were both disappointed, Guan Zhuofan smiled, looked at them with blazing eyes, and said quietly but forcefully: "If you can trust me Guan San, stay in the Xiaoqi camp, and within half a year, I will ask the two eldest brothers to change their hats!" ”

Of course, the eldest brother didn't dare to be it, but ...... Changing the top? Alhatu and Lao Cai glanced at each other, both surprised and delighted: changing the top to wear it means that the official is at least promoted by two levels!

"Zhuo Fan, we listen to you!" Alhatu clenched his fists and said categorically: "You say, what do you want us to do?" ”

"Don't do anything." Guan Zhuofan shook his head, and suddenly said something irlevant: "Have you watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? ”

Three kingdoms? Both of them were confused by Guan Zhuofan. They don't know a few big words, so naturally they haven't read them, but they haven't heard the commentary of the Three Kingdoms ten times, and they have heard it eight times, and all the stories have long been familiar to their chests.

"It was said that Wei Yan rebelled, and he raised his knife and pressed the bridle, so he immediately shouted: Who dares to kill me?" Guan Zhuofan raised his face and recalled the words in the book to himself, "Before the sound was finished, a person in the back of his head responded sharply: I dare to kill you!" The knife fell in his hand, and he beheaded Wei Yan under the horse, and everyone was shocked - the one who killed Wei Yan was Ma Daiye! ”

After that, looking at Alhatu and Lao Cai with a blank face, hahadaxiao.